Foreign Affairs committee  Indeed, from the humanitarian perspective—so emergency response only—the needs assessments have been completed to date. The overall figure is $816 million, the appeal carrying us from the onset of the flooding until May 2023. The discrepancy in the numbers is that $472 million

Foreign Affairs committee  Our contributions took into account the entirety of the appeal, but of course in an emergency context we always continue to revisit as information becomes available.

Foreign Affairs committee  From the humanitarian perspective.... This is a crisis where the WHO went in for this very reason, quite early, and released funds—$10 million U.S.—from the contingency fund for emergencies, to which Canada is a donor, annually. The multilateral system will be providing some of t

Foreign Affairs committee  In terms of needs assessments from a humanitarian perspective.... In order to develop the appeal that was referenced—the $816 million—humanitarian actors came together and completed the immediate response assessment, which is what allowed them to reach that figure to address thos

Foreign Affairs committee  The matching funds time period was determined in consultation with partners. It was backdated to what was effectively the onset of the calamity portion of the monsoon rain season, the goal being that we always try to do matching funds within a period that allows for that really a

Foreign Affairs committee  The matching fund mechanism, as it currently stands, is actually built on lessons learned from previous attempts to engage on humanitarian assistance within the Canadian population. Our goal, when there is a natural disaster, is really to ensure that timeliness of funding reach

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, thank you for the question. Matching funds is an important tool for Canada when it responds to a natural disaster, particularly in terms of engaging Canadians, which is why we pre-established matching fund mechanisms with select partners that are indeed experienced hu