McLeod Group blog by Stephen Brown, May 21, 2020
[Postscript: The website discussed in this blog, AidHelpsCanada.ca, was taken offline at the end of May 2020.]
Two prominent umbrella groups of Canadian development organizations – CCIC and CanWaCH – recently launched a COVID-themed campaign to drum up support for Canadian foreign aid. In doing so, they have embraced a nationalistic, threat-based case for aid that verges on xenophobia, reinforces outdated stereotypes and risks undermining ...
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