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The preliminary aid statistics for 2017 are now out. What do they tell us about global trends and Canadian foreign aid? Globally, official development assistance (ODA) from traditional donors has held steady. The total amount, US$147 billion, is down slightly compared to 2016, but only because the amount spent on resettling refugees in donor countries has dropped. (Accounting
EN SAVOIR PLUSThis blog is a condensed version of my 11 April 2018 presentation to the Professional Committee of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO), the Canadian Foreign Service Union, in Ottawa. It argues for a new foreign ministry model for Global Affairs Canada. When first invited to do this presentation, I thought of starting
EN SAVOIR PLUSby Nolen Gertz This past week, Facebook CEO, chairman, and founder Mark Zuckerberg testified before members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives to answer to the growing scandal surrounding Facebook’s role in helping Cambridge Analytica (and, by association, the Russian government) gain access to the data of millions of Facebook users in
EN SAVOIR PLUSCriticism, while hardly ever welcome, is nevertheless necessary to draw attention to potential pitfalls. If heeded in time, danger may be averted; disaster, however, may follow an unexamined plan. Canada’s new Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP) has drawn its share of criticism. Upon perusing these criticisms, I have emerged with a somewhat supportive stand for
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