Pakistan: Should Canada pledge more for relief efforts?
- August 20, 2010 9:44 AM |
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The federal government has pledged $33 million for flood relief efforts in Pakistan. (Mohammad Sajjad/Associated Press)
By CBC News
Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says Canada will continue to help Pakistan recover from massive flooding but that there are no immediate plans to increase the amount of money that has already been pledged.
But Cannon, who was in New York on Thursday for a special meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, said, "We are not closing any options to further assist the people of Pakistan in their hour of need."
Canada has pledged $33 million for flood relief efforts in Pakistan. Cannon said Canada will continue to work with the government of Pakistan and various agencies to ensure humanitarian assistance reaches people as quickly as possible.
The UN has called for roughly $460 million to help meet immediate needs in Pakistan, but response has been slow. Ahead of Thursday's meeting, the UN said it had raised roughly half the amount needed to provide people with emergency shelter, clean water, food and medicine.
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Should the Canadian government pledge more money for Pakistan's relief effort? Why or why not?
(This is not a scientific poll. It is based on readers' responses.)
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