Finance committee  Rapidly, I can think of two significant changes, and they're linked to the influence NGOs have today. We're working very strongly on the question of the role civil society should play in any society. As we know, most of the repressive regimes do not give any possibility for their

Finance committee  Its total is about $9.8 million, yes, half and half between DFAIT and—

Finance committee  Not at this stage, no.

Finance committee  Thank you for this question. We're working with a wide range of organizations. We're working with the Parliamentary Centre, with International IDEA. There is an extended range of different organizations we can work with. The minister has also indicated that some of the functio

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, my name is Olivier Nicoloff. I am the Director, Democracy, Commonwealth and Francophonie Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. On April 3, the Government of Canada announced its intention to close Rights and Democracy as part of its ef

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. I would say we are dealing today with a situation, with a world that is quite different from the one we knew in 1988 when Rights and Democracy was established. You're talking about the role that NGOs can play abroad. In fact, NGOs are much more active

Finance committee  Thank you for your comments about our work. It's appreciated. I would say that the capacity that we have at DFAIT to work with different NGOs is now much bigger than it used to be in the past. In many cases we're working with Canadian NGOs, but we're working also directly with o