Canada Suspends Aid to Haiti; UN, US, Canada Spend Money on
"Security" as Cholera Persists  Monday, 14 January 2013 14:18 By
Paul Jay, The Real News Network | Video   • Print   • Email
The Canadian cabinet minister who is in charge of the Canadian
International Development Agency has said he is going to review
Canada's aid to Haiti, suggesting they might suspend new money
for Haiti. And here's what he said:  "Our government has a
responsibility to maximize the value of Canadian taxpayers'
dollars. However, we remain concerned with the slow progress of
development in Haiti, in large part due to weaknesses in their
governing institutions."  Fantino said this in a statement
posted on CIDA's website on Tuesday.  Now joining us to talk
about development in Haiti and what he thinks of the Canadian
minister's statement is Mark Weisbrot. Mark is codirector of the
Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. He's
a regular columnist for The Guardian and a regular contributor
to The Real News.  Thanks