Finance committee  Canada currently spends approximately $3 billion a year in official development assistance. To reach 0.7%, it would spend about $6.5 billion a year. Putting it that way makes it seem like a really big amount. However, as a percentage of the federal budget, it is not that much. As

Finance committee  Distinguished members of the committee, I would first like to thank you, on behalf of the British Columbia Council for International Cooperation, for inviting us to appear before you today. The British Columbia Council for International Cooperation is a network of 150 civil soc