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Canada pledges $5.7M aid for Ukraine as minister visits Kyiv (globalnews.ca)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says Canada will provide $5.7 million for Ukrainians to meet their basic needs.

Ottawa says it’s maintaining solidarity with Ukraine two-and-a-half years into Russia’s full-scale invasion as Hussen visits Kyiv.

The trip has a focus on children, with Hussen visiting the main children’s hospital, which was damaged by a Russian missile in July.

The funding includes $2 million for Save the Children Canada, which has helped Ukrainian kids with food, education and psychosocial support.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

5.7M? Bro, that's like the market price for a couple basic townhouses in Vancouver.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

That's just a fraction aimed at specific children-related projects. Canada's total support is much higher as we know.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Hit the 2% requirement for nato then donate a lot of that towards Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

while it's great Canada still remembers about Ukraine existence, but $5m is less than budget of small Canadian municipality. Canada can and should do more. We have other items on agenda that require resources and attention, but contribution of that size start to look less like token contribution and more like insults.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As I wrote in tbe other comment in this thread: That's just a fraction aimed at specific children-related projects. Canada's total support is much higher as we know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

then why trump this one up?