Canada sent $41 million in foreign aid to the authoritarian regime of China. $3.4 million of that was sent in direct grants.
In 2018, Canadians lavished China with $9.2 million despite the country having a $13 trillion economy. Part of the funding was for “multilateral programs” and “bilateral assistance” for diversity and female empowerment.
In a video clip shared online, Justin Trudeau can be seen completely ignoring a journalist’s question when asked about foreign aid spending and UN commitments.
Conservatives saying those who would be cut from the list of countries Canada aids would be “middle- and upper-income countries as well as hostile regimes.” Those who fall into this category have a Human Development Index above 0.6, including Argentina, China, and Barbados.
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