Foreign Affairs committee  Let me make three quick replies to that. The first is that for the countries that are already upper middle income, actually correcting the governance issues can unlock tremendous economic opportunities, both from the talented people who are being constrained by kleptocrats in t

Foreign Affairs committee  That's a great question. The short answer is that it requires very sophisticated long-term commitment. It involves working with civil society groups and young leaders there who actually want to see a better path forward for their country. It involves ensuring that in internationa

Foreign Affairs committee  In terms of having a separate organization, when the report came out in 2007, I thought it was a useful report and I thought there was some merit in the idea of having a separate organization. Now, over a decade later, I'm convinced it's essential. The history of what's happened

Foreign Affairs committee  I think you raise a critical point. The issue is, how do we collectively become wise about how to make democratic governance work and how do we build more resilient democracies to push back and build immunities against the infection of authoritarianism? Doing so needs a central o

Foreign Affairs committee  Very briefly, I would focus on the key governance institution building, the rule of law, justice and internal checks and balances. The cost of what's being proposed is bold, but it's less than 1% of what we spend on development, defence and diplomacy today.

Foreign Affairs committee  I think the specific program you're referring to is an excellent one and definitely could be applied to a limited number of other countries where we have a real role to play. Ukraine's a wonderful exception to the rule of our thinking inside the box. Because of the extraordinary

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. In terms of how to make it happen, it is clear that the key recommendations from the report of 2007 weren't adopted. Key institutional support that existed at that time has been dismantled. There is a very partisan period we're about to enter into with the elections.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, everyone. I feel very honoured to be here with you today. On behalf of the international community, I'd like to thank you for your clarity of insight to be looking at this issue today, because if this report that you're reviewing was importa

Foreign Affairs committee  I guess it comes back to the system. We have a very complicated interdependent world, which is in danger of failing at various places. Our health care system is only as strong as Liberia's health care system or Brazil's health care system, because Zika and Ebola drug-resistant

Foreign Affairs committee  You don't want to be complicit to the abuses.

Foreign Affairs committee  Ethiopia is a great example. Under Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, great development took place, but there have also been real issues of human rights abuse and restrictions of journalists. I came across this twice, once as president of CIDA when there had been a very bad election i

Foreign Affairs committee  It's a critical issue. I was actually on the board of the UN Global Compact for a number of years. We're working right now on how we can increase Canadian engagement. There are a couple of concrete things. One is that Global Canada did a workshop with the Global Compact, a numbe

Foreign Affairs committee  A number of issues, such as infrastructure and economic security, are regional, but the base is the state. When Pascal Lamy, the former head of the WTO, was asked what he had learned, he said he used to think we needed global solutions to national problems, but he now realized we

Foreign Affairs committee  In general, Canada is probably one of the most credible countries in the G7. All countries have their shortcomings. As for mining policy, it presents a big challenge, but it's also a great opportunity for Canada. Responsible mining development is not easy to do, but it's importa

Foreign Affairs committee  Here's the point. These are the most difficult areas of the world, and if you want to look for failure, you can find it. These are failed states. If you want to find a failure in a failed state, you can find it, but if you want to find successes and you do it the right way, you c