Hans Rosling: A truth-teller in an age of ’alternative facts’
Scott Gilmore remembers the legacy of the late Hans Rosling—the world’s most famous statistician, who tirelessly preached the gospel of facts, data and truth
foreign aid
A skeptic’s look at the foreign-aid economy
Augusta Dwyer provides thoughtful scrutiny in ’The Anatomy of Giving’
How a high-profile Canadian aid project in Afghanistan fell apart
Accusations of mismanagement and wasted millions levelled at $5.26M Afghanistan aid project
A quiet cut?
Did hundreds of millions in CIDA funding just lapse?
Entrepreneurs against poverty: a Canadian wins a prize
For a decade now the Ottawa-based group Digital Opportunity Trust has been sending interns trained in technology and business into...
’We should be thanked upside down and sideways’
Two weeks ago, officials from the U.S. State Department and the United Nations expressed concern about Julian Fantino’s comments...
Michaelle Jean on Haiti
The former governor general talks about Haiti, responds to Julian Fantino’s concerns and lightly burns Don Cherry.
Helping Haiti
Haiti’s Prime Minister responds to Julian Fantino’s concerns .
Julian Fantino takes on Haiti
After seeming to suggest last week that foreign aid to Haiti had been suspended—CIDA later denied the suggestion—and musing...
Hélène Laverdière vs. Julian Fantino
The NDP’s International Cooperation critic explains her concerns with some of CIDA’s recent moves. Julian Fantino, the minister...