ocr: Canada's aid budget has been one ofthe first areas of government spending to be earmarkedt for cuts. While most Canadians support aid - Canada gives twice as much per capita as the USA-t the issue is not politicizedto the point where cuts have been reversed. First to suffer have been the large number DfNGUS which the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) supports. The regional focus ofaidhas shitted from traditional areas, such as francophone West Africa, to Southeast Asia. This retlects the growing importance of Canada's Asian minority trade links; Pacitic trade is now 65% greater ...
