Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. Yes. Minister Bibeau has announced an additional contribution of $2.5 million recently for responding to the crisis. This is with WHO and UNICEF. Doctors without Borders and the Humanitarian Air Service of the United Nations World Food Program. So t

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. Actually, in the DRC, the Canadian embassy is very active in the area of mining. As you know, since the departments of foreign affairs, trade and development were merged, we work on those issues under a unified umbrella. Of course, it is extremely d

Foreign Affairs committee  As I am very optimistic by nature, I will be careful about what I am about to say. Let me give you a concrete example. President Kabila has postponed the elections for two years. His regular mandate expired on December 20, 2016. First, he postponed the elections to 2017, then to

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the question. Clearly, the political and democratic situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo is very complex. For quite some time, Canada has been involved in strengthening institutions, at least in supporting inclusive governance in the country. Obv

Foreign Affairs committee  Canada is the OIF’s second largest funder. The contribution is a significant one. That said, mostly African experts, especially Congolese, are on the ground there.

Foreign Affairs committee  We could consider that with the department and see what can be done.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for your question, Ms. Vandenbeld. The election situation in the DRC is indeed extremely complicated. That is nothing new. We saw it in 2006 and 2011 and we are seeing it again now. The elections were supposed to be held in 2016, and they have been postponed

Foreign Affairs committee  Various minerals are at the source of the ongoing conflicts in the east of the country. These include gold and the 3T minerals, tin, tungsten and tantalum. A huge amount of work is being done to make the minerals traceable. Let me give you an example. Last week, I was in Toronto

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. Mr. Chair, I am pleased to be here with you. If I may, I will speak in French, because I work in French a lot in the DRC. As for the DRC, we have indeed received a lot of development assistance in the area of health, a priority for Canada. In fact,

Foreign Affairs committee  That is an excellent question, and I thank you for it. I must say that we have had projects to combat sexual violence in the DRC for a very long time. Through the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), with which we work, we have a one-