CIDA Launches Private Sector Consultations in Response to Damning Internal Report

Following an evaluation that found serious problems with an aid program that has doled out hundreds of millions of dollars to Canadian companies, the government is looking at new ways to include business in development.

By Lee Berthiaume

Published March 26, 2008

A CIDA program that doled out almost $500 million over a 10-year period to thousands of Canadian companies for development projects has been slammed in an internal audit that found the vast majority of projects weren't actually implemented.

Now CIDA Minister Bev Oda and International Trade Minister David Emerson are quietly meeting with key members of the business community to discuss ways the private...

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