MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Walter Lietz knows about hunger. As a six-year-old living in Berlin after the Second World War, his daily food consisted of one slice of bread and a small bowl of soup. “When I saw that meal coming, I screamed murder because the hunger was so great. And then my mother gave […] Read more
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Needs of poor people must come first
The recent decision to merge the Canadian International Development Agency into the new Department of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Development isn’t the first time Canada’s aid program has been profoundly changed. Another major change occurred five years ago in April when the government fully untied Canadian food aid. Then, as now, it was a […] Read more
