A Devastating Blow to Global Aid The recent dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development…
The people of Gaza continue to endure immense suffering. While a temporary ceasefire has provided a…
Hope was one of things most easily lost when conflict arrived in BirBir, a community in…
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Voices-Voix: Letter to Prime Minister Harper
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper Prime Minister of Canada Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A2 By fax: 613-941-6900 July 24, 2013 Dear Prime Minister, We are writing to you on behalf of Voices-Voix, a coalition of more than 200 national and local civil society organizations across the…
Oxfam Canada to G20 Finance Ministers: Include Developing Countries in Tax Avoidance Plan
Statement by Robert Fox “Action to fix outdated and unfair international tax rules is welcome and long overdue,” says Oxfam Canada’s Robert Fox. “But these rules affect everyone, and it is often the poorest countries that suffer the greatest losses due to tax avoidance. G-20 Finance Ministers, including Minister Jim Flaherty, must ensure that negotiations to…
Oxfam Welcomes new Minister of International Development: Calls for continued work on Women and Girls’ Rights
Oxfam Canada, today, welcomes Christian Paradis as the new Minister of International Development. “We look forward to working with Minister Paradis”, says Robert Fox, Executive Director of Oxfam Canada. “With 1.3 billion people living in extreme poverty and with women comprising 70 per cent of the world’s poor, it is critical for women to realize…
Oxfam reaction: EU vote not enough to stop biofuel policy fuelling hunger
The stance taken by Members of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee on the reform of EU legislation on biofuels is disappointing, Oxfam said today. The Parliament’s plenary vote is scheduled for September. In reaction, Marc Olivier Herman, Oxfam’s EU biofuels expert, said: “Today’s vote falls short of what is needed to put the brakes on…