Statement made on 16 June 2010 by Senator Roméo Dallaire
Hon. Roméo Antonius Dallaire:
Honourable senators, my question is for the Leader of the Government in the Senate. I asked a question recently about the application of Bill C-293 on international humanitarian aid to combat poverty, CIDA's primary mandate. The honourable Leader of the Government indicated at the time that she would make inquiries and get back to me with her response.
More recently, I read a new CIDA report addressing that very subject. I would like to call the honourable senators' attention to the first key point set out in that report.
The report fills the act's requirement in terms of disclosure. However, the act does not appear to have had any real impact on the way in which the Canadian International Development Agency manages official development assistance, in particular poverty reduction. Although we are meeting the technical dimension of the law, is it possible that the staff have not applied the changes to procedures, doctrines and methodologies to focus on the objective of that law imposed upon CIDA?
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