On March 9, Canada’s Minister of International Development, Ahmed Hussen, stood at a podium and announced $272.1 million in new funding for 14 development projects in Bangladesh and across the Indo-Pacific region.
These projects aim to promote gender equality, advance sexual and reproductive health, and expand education and skills training.
The news came and went, barely causing a ripple in most media circles. No outrage. No tough questions. No debate. It was just another line item in the growing list of handouts from Canadian taxpayers to foreign governments and agencies.
