Foreign Affairs committee  I'll give you a diplomatic answer to that, because I'd say that it would be great to be daring and it's important to be focused. As a nation, I think we owe it to ourselves, but most importantly we owe it to the people whom we are aiming to serve. To be daring, I think we should

Foreign Affairs committee  We have a variety of programs. We don't actually deliver equipment or medication. We transfer skills. A program we are now launching is Midwives Save Lives. We are working with the Canadian Association of Midwives, our key partner. Their expertise is midwifery and building a mi

Foreign Affairs committee  Our perspective would be first and foremost on that notion of partnership. It is very much about the long-term accompaniment that is required, and the notion that we have to remain flexible and to look at the humanitarian long-term development and the building of resilience toget

Foreign Affairs committee  I will begin with an example of a holistic approach. We have a really interesting partnership program in Nigeria. It's a development program for small and medium-sized businesses, and youth. We also have a broader bilateral program that's built on that program. This larger progr

Foreign Affairs committee  I can't speak to India specifically in the case of Cuso International, as we don't work there, but we did many years ago. In previous parts of my life, I have worked in India, and definitely India is a country where there are pockets of the population that are excluded and are in

Foreign Affairs committee  My name is Evelyne Guindon. First of all, I would like to wish everyone good afternoon. Thank you for inviting us to appear before the committee. I'm going do my presentation in English, but please don't hesitate at any point to ask me questions in either language. I've ha