CIDA
A skeptic’s look at the foreign-aid economy
Augusta Dwyer provides thoughtful scrutiny in ‘The Anatomy of Giving’
How a high-profile Canadian aid project in Afghanistan fell apart
Accusations of mismanagement and wasted millions levelled at $5.26M Afghanistan aid project
A refugee camp and a game park hotel: Bev Oda goes to Africa
The former minister charged taxpayers for hefty rebooking fees
A quiet cut?
Did hundreds of millions in CIDA funding just lapse?
The morning after: piecing together the Budget
What we think we know and what we definitely don’t know
Entrepreneurs against poverty: a Canadian wins a prize
For a decade now the Ottawa-based group Digital Opportunity Trust has been sending interns trained in technology and business into very poor places to try to pass on their skills to locals struggling to make a better living. It’s a version of the development model called “social entrepreneurship,” and today, DOT’s founder and CEO, Janet Longmore, won a major award in the field—the sole Canadian among 24 global “social entrepreneurs of the year” named by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.
‘We should be thanked upside down and sideways’
Two weeks ago, officials from the U.S. State Department and the United Nations expressed concern about Julian Fantino’s comments about Haiti. In an interview with the Vaughan Citizen, Mr. Fantino responds.
When keeping it partisan goes wrong
A pair of missives from Julian Fantino have apparently been pulled off the CIDA website on account of the partisan sentiments expressed therein.
Helping Haiti
Haiti’s Prime Minister responds to Julian Fantino’s concerns.
Hélène Laverdière vs. Julian Fantino
The NDP’s International Cooperation critic explains her concerns with some of CIDA’s recent moves.
Two more departments decide to cooperate with the PBO
Transport Canada and CIDA have now contacted the Parliamentary Budget Officer to indicate they will providing the PBO with information on budget cuts.
The quiet cuts
Julian Fantino tries to parse CIDA’s budget.