Graphic: Follow the aid money to Canada’s ‘Countries of Focus’
Canada spends more than $5-billion annually on international aid, but where does that money come from and where does it all go? As Canadians debate aid to Haiti – just as the Caribbean nation marks three years since the devastating Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake – the National Post’s Kathryn Blaze Carlson and Richard Johnson trace Canada’s aid and explore life in some of our biggest recipient countries.
National Post editorial board: Bev Oda should resign… or be fired
“Minister of International Cooperation Bev Oda has another responsibility, too: to act ethically and tell the truth. Her failure in this regard means she is no longer fit for Cabinet.”
John Ivison: Memo fix bears PMO’s prints
“Should Ms. Oda resign? Not unless being an ineffectual marionette is a firing offence — in which case, half the Cabinet will joining her on the backbenches.”
PM ignores calls for Oda’s resignation
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his senior Conservatives are closing ranks around embattled cabinet minister Bev Oda, who is caught in a brewing scandal over how she ordered the alteration of a key document prepared by her bureaucrats.
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