A Few Good Men

From ActionAid:

It just gets worse and worse for the women in Haiti. But, fortunately, some men are stepping up.

Incidentally, Michael Petrou of Maclean's reports that Canadian donations to Haiti relief are not freely flowing. In fact, they're not even dribbling to that disaster zone. Boldface is mine.

“CIDA officials are in close contact with the Government of Haiti and our humanitarian and development partners to determine the optimal use of these resources as relief, recovery and reconstruction needs are further identified. In keeping with its mandate to manage Canadian aid effectively, CIDA will disburse funds from the HERF as this process takes place.”

Gee. Ya think that, when PM Harper was down there last month, he could have brought some cash?

H/T The Pixel Project

Comments

[...pat.]

Wow. Lots of room for manouvering and finagling. Definitions? "optimal use"... "manage Canadian aid effectively" "as this process takes place" (has a process been determined and agreed upon? or is it ad hoc? who decides what is optimal? what is effective use?

Our Federal government sickens me.

[The Stygian and his Shemitish Dogs]

outside the West, this sort of thing is a world wide phenomenon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaaRA8WQ9yE&feature=player_embedded

[John from Toronto]

Gee. Ya think that, when PM Harper was down there last month, he could have brought some cash?

Gee ya think Antonia could talk less like a child?

[Antonia]

Thanks John for that adult comment and well-considered contribution to this serious discussion.

[Jim M]

There must be no serious challenge to feminism if the hostile reader comments on this blog are any indication.

[William Hayes]

Here's an excerpt from a story from CommonDreams.org:

"One strategy for creating jobs is to bolster Haiti's agricultural sector, [Regine] Barjon [of the Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce] said, which would also make the country less reliant on food imports. Haiti used to produce almost all its own food, and now imports most of it."

Private Firms Line Up as Haiti Opens for Business
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/03/11-2

Driving millions of Haitians off the land and into the capital city equipped for a few hundred thousand residents was a large part of why so many have suffered so much.

[Sarann]

I heard Bev Oda say the World Bank might distribute some of that cash. What a nightmare scenario. Hire Halliburton maybe. They can't call for a cut back in public services though can they, because there were none.