[Newsbot]

Title: Canada's Failed Aid to Haiti
Topic: Canadian News
Written By: NAUWATCH
Date: Tuesday, August 10 at 08:33
by Roger Annis
 
The six month mark after Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake saw a flurry of news reports in Canada and around the world. The depictions of the harsh conditions still prevailing for most earthquake victims took many people by surprise. The relative silence of the media over the last few months led many to assume that the international aid effort had accomplished much more than it has.

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[RickW]

Pledges are the specialty of the Harper government. For instance, this government has "pledged" a whole $2 million for Pakistani flood relief (that works out to about 14 cents for each displaced person in that country).

[RickW]

Update! Update!

Canada has now "pledged" $33M to add to the "pledge" of $2M!