Friday, June 03, 2005

Marshall Plan for Africa

Gordon Brown's plan to help Africa, featuring:
- 100% debt relief
- increased direct aid
- increased funding for immunizations, and
- elimination of first-world trade subsidies which hurt African exporters.

There's no reason for Canada not to be on board for this. Of course, the program won't get full approval from the G8 thanks to Bush's "let's avoid doing anything" approach. But at least it'll be a plus to highlight just who's actually trying to build a more stable world.

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