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  1. Contents
  2. List of Abbreviations
  3. Acknowledgements
    1. Introduction
  4. Part 1 Entering the Aid World,1950–1960
    1. 1 Encounter and Apprenticeship: The Colombo Plan and Canadian Aid in India, 1950–1960
    2. 2 “Reasonably Well-Organized”: A History of Early Aid Administration
    3. 3 Developing the World in Canada’s Image: Hugh Keenleyside and Technical Assistance
  5. Part 2 Development, Diplomacy, and Trade, 1953–1991
    1. 4 “A One Way Street”: The Limits of Canada’s Aid Relations with Pakistan, 1958–1972
    2. 5 One Size Fits All? Canadian Development Assistance to Colombia, 1953–1972
    3. 6 Samaritanos canadienses?: Canadian Development Assistance in Latin America during the Trudeau Years
    4. 7 “Trotsky in Pinstripes”: Lewis Perinbam, CIDA, and the Non-Governmental Organizations Program, 1968–1991
  6. Part 3 Imagery and Symbolism
    1. 8 Building a Base: The Growth of Public Engagement with Canadian Foreign Aid Policy, 1950–1980
    2. 9 Pictures in Development: The Canadian International Development Agency’s Photo Library
    3. 10 “Tears Are Not Enough”: Canadian Political and Social Mobilization for Famine Relief in Ethiopia, 1984–1988
  7. Part 4 The Political Economy of Canadian Aid, 1980–2018
    1. 11 Canadian Development Assistance to Latin America
    2. 12 CIDA and Aid to Africa in the 1990s: A Crisis of Confidence
    3. 13 A Samaritan State?, Canadian Foreign Aid, and the Challenges of Policy Coherence for Development
  8. Conclusion
    1. 14 Concluding Reflections: Beyond Aid
  9. Bibliography
  10. Contributors
  11. Index

Index

A

A Samaritan State?, 1–2, 11, 14, 27, 94, 125, 138, 145, 164, 178, 246, 271–72, 288, 295, 334; contemporary relevance, 119, 311–12, 317–23, 325

Abbott, Douglas (Canadian politician), 33, 44, 73, 195

Afghanistan, 14, 272, 306, 314; as fragile state, 284; and Dahla Dam, 315

Africa 2000, 258

Africa: relations with, 1, 91, 190; and cold war, 155, 157, 233; as aid recipient, 5, 13–16, 136, 246, 273–75, 283, 285–86, 288, 335; and former French colonies, 145, 148, 202, 280; 293–94; in Mulroney era, 297–301; in Chrétien era, 301–6. See also Botswana; Biafra; Nigeria; Ethiopia

African Recovery Fund, 255

Alcan, 137

Allende, Salvador (Chilean politician), 149, 278

Alliance for Progress, 133, 135

Amagoalik, John (Inuit leader), 253

Angola, 262

Anstee, Margaret (UN aid advisor), 82

Argentina, 133, 146, 149

Asia: relations with, 1, 24, 55, 58; as aid recipient, 4–6, 8 13, 16, 24, 32–33, 35, 39, 44, 60, 62, 65, 73, 123, 146; and cold war, 60–61, 88, 91, 93, 105, 132, 194, 233, 275, 280, 286, 297, 335. See also India; Pakistan

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), 44, 113

Atomic power. See nuclear cooperation

Ault, Orville (Canadian public servant), 23, 54, 68; career, 65–66; dismissal, 67–68; plans for growth, 65–66

Axworthy, Lloyd (Canadian politician), 305

B

Baird, Irene (Canadian public servant), 56

Balkans, as aid recipient, 231

Ban Ki-Moon (UN Secretary-General), 261

Banerjee, P.K. (Indian diplomat), 37

Bangladesh, 106, 115, 117, 118, 230, 238

Barbour, David (Canadian photographer), 228, 231

Bartlett, David W. (Canadian public servant), 63, 64, 67

Batchelor, Sheila (CIDA employee), 172, 173

Belize, as aid recipient, 279

Bergbusch, Eric (Canadian diplomat), 152, 178

Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali (Pakistani politician), 108–10, 116

Biafra, 211, 247, 250

Bibeau, Marie-Claude (Canadian politician), 288, 324

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 23

Blaikie, Bill (Canadian politician), 257

Bolivia: as aid recipient, 82, 89, 283, 286; UN mission to, 77–81

Borg, Roberta (CIDA employee), 241n13

Botswana, 230, 235, 238, 239

Bow, Malcolm (Canadian diplomat), 154

Bramley, Mary (CIDA employee), 241, 241n17

Brazil, 126, 146, 149, 284; as aid recipient, 136, 150, 154

British West Indies, 65. See also Commonwealth Caribbean

Brook, Tom J. (Canadian trade commissioner), 23, 54, 68; career, 55–56

Brown, Ken (Canadian diplomat), 153–54

Bull, Fred (Canadian public servant), 58, 60

Burma, 4, 57, 65, 83; as recipient of technical assistance, 89

business sector: as beneficiary of aid, 8–9, 29, 41, 44, 123–34, 137–38, 151, 285–86, 302, 318, 322–24; and Ethiopian famine relief, 253; influence on aid policy, 271–72, 285, 319, 322–23; and Latin America, 149, 278; relations with CIDA, 149, 171, 210, 254, 288; as stakeholder, 192, 203, 207; view of aid recipients, 43. See also promotional state

C

Cadbury, George (Canadian economist), 83

Cadieux, Marcel (Canadian diplomat), 111, 153

Canada in the World, 302

Canadair, 130

Canadian Association for Latin America (CALA), 149

Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP), 173

Canadian Commercial Corporation, 34

Canadian Congress of Labour, 86

Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CCIC), 13, 169–70, 207, 209, 302

Canadian Council of Churches, 152

Canadian Executive Service Overseas (CESO), 168

Canadian Institute of International Affairs (CIIA), 57

Canadian Institute of Public Affairs, 57

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), 2, 7, 8, 10, 12, 189; and aid to Africa, 14, 250, 254–55, 259, 294, 297, 300; and aid to Chile, 148–52; and aid to Colombia, 137–38; and aid to Cuba, 153–57; and aid to India, 117; and Latin America, 136, 147–49, 277, 282–83, 286; and aid to Pakistan, 117; budget cuts in the 1990s, 12, 213, 271, 298, 301–2; Business and Industry Program, 171; Communications Branch, 206; criticism for financial mismanagement at, 157, 164, 169, 182n25, 212, 255–56, 306; creation of, 7–8, 45, 103, 167–68, 206, 225, 311, 317; culture and identity, 14, 168–69, 213, 272, 294–97, 301, 303–4, 307; Democratic Development Fund for Guatemala, 282; Development Education Program, 207; Development Information Program, 231; Educational Institutions Program, 210; and embrace of structural adjustment programs, 12, 271–72; Global Education Program, 305; Industrial Cooperation Program, 210, 322; Information Division, 206; International NGO Program, 176; Management for Change Program, 171; merger with Department of Foreign Affairs, 13–14, 271, 287, 293, 305, 317–18; NGO Division, 164, 168–70, 172, 174–76, 210, 335; and programming for women, 173; Public Affairs Branch, 226; Public Participation Program, 13, 177–78, 305; relations with civil society, 9–10, 13, 206–13, 271–72, 282, 300, 304–5, 307; relations with CUSO, 169, 170, 172, 178, 207, 211; relations with the Department of External Affairs/Foreign Affairs, 167–68, 173–75, 282, 295, 300, 305; relations with Department of Trade and Commerce, 9, 13; relations with NGOs, 9, 168–70, 172–74, 178, 207, 210–11, 287, 296, 311; Special Programs Branch (CIDA), 9, 164, 168, 178, 255. See also International Development Photo Library; Margaret Catley-Carlson; Michel Dupuy; Paul Gérin-Lajoie; Marcel Massé; Lewis Perinbam; Maurice Strong

Canadian International Development Board (CIDB), 173, 176, 178

Canadian International Resources Development Institute, 324

Canadian national identity: and aid projects, 10, 37, 39, 59, 70n29, 83, 189–90, 192, 198, 199, 201, 205–6, 213, 273, 276; and citizenship, 258; and Commonwealth, 197, 297; and the role of photographs, 240

Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, 289

Canadian University Services Overseas (CUSO), 1, 154, 157, 209; origins, 166, 168–69, 203, 335; relations with CIDA, 169, 170, 172, 178, 207, 211; returned volunteers, 172

Canadian Wheat Board (CWB), 128–29

CARE, 171

Caribbean: relations with, 1, 145; aid for, 5, 123–24, 146, 174–75, 202, 275. See also British West Indies

CARICOM, 285

Castro, Fidel (Cuban revolutionary and politician), 152, 154, 156, 277

Catley-Carlson, Margaret (Canadian public servant), 11, 169

Cavell, R. G “Nik” (Canadian public servant), 5, 23, 34, 37, 54, 66, 68, 189, 272, 335; early career, 56–59, 61; expansion ambitions, 64–65; management style, 62, 84; nomination to Sri Lanka, 65; public relations skills, 196; relations with Department of External Affairs, 62–63; views on aid, 60

Centennial International Development Program, 168, 203

Central America, relations with, 13; as aid recipient, 136, 272, 280; and cold war crises in, 279; trade agreement with, 285

Ceylon. See Sri Lanka

Champagne, François-Philippe (Canadian politician), 289

Chile, 9, 133, 278, 335; and 1973 coup, 104, 278; as aid recipient, 146, 149–52, 155, 157–58, 176, 278; free trade with, 283

China, People’s Republic, 13, 194; and aid to Pakistan 111–12; war with India, 109–10, 112

Chrétien, Jean (Canadian prime minister): and aid budget cuts, 13, 271, 297, 302–3; on Ethiopian famine, 247–48; and G-8 Action Plan, 306; and interest in Latin America, 282–84, 288

Christian Action for Development in the Caribbean (CADEC), 174

churches in Canada, 1, 12, 173, 174–75, 178, 192, 335; and Latin America 152, 276, 278; as pressure group, 84, 211, 247, 249, 253; relations with CIDA, 13, 207, 209. See also Canadian Council of Churches; Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America; Inter-Church Fund for International Development; Taskforce on Churches and Corporate Responsibility

Churchill, Gordon (Canadian politician), 66, 67

Citizens for Foreign Aid Reform (C-FAR), 212

CITY TV, 252

Civil Service Commission, 56, 60, 66

civil society: in aid recipient countries, 11, 282; in Canada, 9, 10, 11, 14–13, 23, 24, 146, 288; influence on aid policy, 9, 15, 104, 146, 191, 193, 211, 271–72, 274, 283, 287; interest in Latin America, 13–14, 104, 276, 278–80; relations with CIDA, 103, 169–70, 282, 296, 299, 300–301, 304, 307; renewed interest in, under Justin Trudeau, 16, 274

Clark, Joe (Canadian prime minister): and Ethiopian famine relief, 245–48, 250, 254, 256

Claxton, Brooke (Canadian politician), 57, 73

Clay, Lucius (American general), 200

Cockburn, Bruce (Canadian entertainer), 281

Cold War: and aid, 12, 16, 33, 60–1, 74, 95, 275, 233; in Asia, 118, 194–95; in Bolivia 78; end of, 282; and Ethiopian famine relief, 253, 261; as factor in aid to Cuba, 152–53; as influence on aid to Colombia, 125; in Latin America, 276, 279; and Pakistan, 106–8; and technical assistance at UN, 83

Coldwell, M. J. (Canadian politician), 83

Cole, C. V. (Canadian diplomat), 111

Colombia, 8, 9, 104, 147, 150, 272, 273, 279, 286; and Howe’s goodwill trade mission in 1953, 125–29; and Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 133–39; and sale of jet fighters in 1956, 129–32; and trade agreement, 285

Colombo Conference of Commonwealth Foreign Ministers, 1950, 54, 194

Colombo Group, of Canadian Government, 66

Colombo Plan (for Co-operative Economic Development), 3, 4, 10, 23–24, 28, 34, 59, 75, 123, 194, 334; Canadian contribution to, 29, 31–33, 37–38, 56, 58–59, 62–65, 73–74, 94, 195–96, 198, 275; and Canadian identity, 189, 198; and cold war, 93, 105, 194–95, 334; impact on Canadian business, 44–45, 47; influence on Canadian aid, 41, 45–46; as high modernism, 29; technical assistance, 39, 41, 112

Colombo Plan Consultative Committee, 33, 34

Comité de Solidarité Québec-Chili, 152

Commission on International Development (UN), 7, 94

Commonwealth (British), 2–3, 14, 32–33, 47, 56, 73–74, 130, 132, 297, 300; as Canadian aid priority, 4, 23–25, 28, 35, 45, 123, 145–46, 194, 197–201, 213, 275–76, 288, 301; and Canadian identity, 10, 31, 35, 58, 83, 297; and Pakistan, 113, 117–18

Commonwealth Caribbean, 123–24. See also British West Indies

Commonwealth Economic and Trade Conference, 1958, 190

corporate social responsibility, 178, 289, 323

Costa Rica, 147, 283

Couillard, Louis (Canadian diplomat), 63

counterpart funds, 42, 112

Cuba, 9, 133; as aid recipient under Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 152–58, 277

Currie Lauchlin (American economist), 128

D

Daniel, Howard (UN expert), 56

Davidson, Paul (Canadian public servant), 166

decolonisation, 5, 27, 33, 65, 95, 118, 194–95, 233, 275

democracy promotion, 282, 313

Department of Defence Production, 130

Department of External Affairs, 5, 8, 75, 195, 212; and aid for Chile 151; and aid for Cuba, 152–55; and Colombia, 125, 130, 132; and Colombo Plan, 32, 37, 73, 193, 195, 197, 201; and creation of External Aid Office, 66–68; and Ethiopian famine relief, 250; and Pakistan, 111–12, 116–17; relations with Cavell, 58, 62–64; relations with CIDA, 167, 173–78, 205; relations with Department of Trade and Commerce, 33, 53, 55–56, 65, 67–68, 311. See also Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development; Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade; Global Affairs Canada

Department of Finance, 67, 73, 151; as policy maker, 295, 300

Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD), 293

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 282, 286, 300; and merger with CIDA, 13–14, 271, 287, 293, 305, 317–18; as policy-maker, 295; relations with CIDA, 295, 305

Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce: and Chile, 152 and CIDA, 173, 178. See also Department of Trade and Commerce

Department of National Defence: as policy-maker, 295

Department of Trade and Commerce, 5, 6, 34, 45, 54, 62, 103, 126, 151; and Colombia, 126, 129–30; and Economic and Technical Assistance Branch, 66, 67; and External Aid Office, 67–68, 103, 311; International Economic and Technical Cooperation Division, 5, 58, 66, 68; relations with CIDA, 173, 210; relations with Department of External Affairs, 33, 53, 55–56, 65, 67–68, 311; and Technical Cooperation Service, 87, 94. See also Ault, Orville; Brooke, T.J.; Bull, Fred; Cavell, R.G.; Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce; International Economic and Technical Cooperation Division

Development Education Animateur Programme (DEAP), 207, 209, 211

development education, 305

development planning, 88

Diefenbaker, John G. (Canadian prime minister), 6, 45, 65, 196; and aid for Pakistan 106–8; and relations with Perinbam, 166

Dominican Republic, 285

Douglas, Tommy (Canadian politician), 83

Dupuy, Michel (Canadian public servant), 9

E

Eberts, Christopher (Canadian diplomat), 109

Ecuador, 150

Edwards, Jim (Canadian politician), 249

Eggleton, Art (Canadian politician), 252

Egypt, 228

El Salvador, 151, 279, 280

Emergency Coordinator for African Relief, 250

English, John (Canadian public servant), 67, 68

environment, 286

Eritrea, 257

Ethiopia, 11, 190, 231; famine relief in the 1980s, 245–67, 271, 334

Export Development Canada, 318, 322

Export Development Corporation (EDC), 151–52, 155

Exports Credits Insurance Corporation, 135

External Aid Office (EAO), 6, 7, 45, 103; creation of, 53, 67–68, 103, 311; and CUSO, 203; and photography in, 225; transformation into CIDA, 7–8, 45, 103, 167–68, 206, 225, 311, 317. See also Herb Moran

F

Fantino, Julian (Canadian politician), 318–19

FinDev Canada: creation of, 322

food aid: as a weapon, 259, 261. See also Canadian Wheat Board; wheat

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 92

For Whose Benefit? (Winegard Report), 11, 297, 302

Ford, Robert (Canadian diplomat), 55

Foreign Policy for Canadians, 8, 134, 136, 147, 205–6, 210, 276

Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL), 287

fragile states, 283, 284

Francophonie (La): as aid recipient, 14, 202, 297

G

Garrett, Nancy (CUSO volunteer), 166

GATT-Fly, 178, 211

Gedolf, Bob (British entertainer), 260

Gérin-Lajoie, Paul (Canadian public servant), 7, 9, 148, 154, 167, 176; interest in Latin America, 277

Germany, 319

Ghana, 66, 299

Glazebrook, George (Canadian diplomat and historian), 66

Global Affairs Canada, 231, 293, 320; and International Assistance Review, 320-23

Global Market Action Plan, 319

Gode, Ethiopia, 252

Godfrey, John (Canadian politician), 251

Goldschlag, Klaus (Canadian diplomat), 153

Gomez, Laureano (Colombia politician), 129

Gordon, Walter (Canadian politician), 200

Grandy, J. F. (Canadian diplomat), 134

Green, Howard (Canadian politician), 67

Gregg, Allan (Canadian pollster), 249

gross domestic product: aid as percentage of, 7, 8, 9, 11, 17, 202, 265n63, 298, 303, 306, 322

Guatemala, 147, 151, 279, 280

Guelph African Relief Network (GAFRN), 252, 253

Guyana, 283, 299

Gwyn, Sandra (Canadian journalist), 164

H

Haiti, 16, 123, 173, 212, 273, 280, 284; electoral importance, 284; as failed state, 283, 287

Harper, Stephen (Canadian prime minister), 13, 14, 16, 34, 138, 284; and instrumentalization of aid, 274, 286; interest in Latin America, 285, 287, 306; merger of DFAIT and CIDA, 293, 318; and record on aid, 312, 325

Head, Ivan (Canadian public servant), 212

Heasman, George (Canadian diplomat), 54

Heeney, Arnold (Canadian public servant), 55

Hellyer, Paul (Canadian politician), 155

Herbert, W. H. (Canadian cultural activist), 57

Herman, Lloyd (UN expert), 93

Higgins, Benjamin (Canadian development economist), 6

high modernism, 28, 29, 46–47

Hobart, J. T. (Canadian public servant), 64

Holmes, John (Canadian diplomat), 56

Honduras, 279, 280, 283; country of focus, 286; and trade agreement, 285

Howe, C. D. (Canadian politician), 34, 58, 76, 154, 212; goodwill trade mission to Colombia, 124–29; sale of jet fighters to Colombia, 130–31

human rights, 324–25, 335; in Central America, 280, 282; in Chile, 150–52; in Cuba, 155–58; as influence on aid, 9, 146, 149, 178, 274, 278, 282, 285–86, 302; as factor in Ethiopian famine relief, 255–56; in Haiti, 173; in Saudi Arabia, 324–25

humane internationalism, 9, 170, 176, 249, 273, 297, 301, 313, 333

humanitarianism: as motive for aid, 8–9, 23, 31, 33, 60, 104, 116, 125, 134, 138, 165, 178, 196, 199, 231–32, 252, 280, 312

I

India, 4, 8, 24, 27–52, 60, 64, 75, 196, 271; and Colombo Plan aid, 36–41; and development planning, 35–36; and food aid, 38, 41–42; Kundah hydro-eclectic project, 44; and nuclear cooperation, 38, 41, 42, 43–44, 110; Mayurakshi Dam (Canada Dam), 39, 43, 44; as military aid recipient, 109, 112, 315; and modernization, 28–31; and origins of Colombo Plan aid, 31–35; and Umtru Dam, 37, 44; and World Bank consortium, 42

Indian National Congress, 36

Indigenous peoples, 30, 37, 76, 78, 333. See also Inuit

Indonesia, 13, 65, 79, 83

Inter Pares, 172, 287

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 124, 133, 137, 146, 147, 148, 150, 152; Canadian contribution to, 275, 278, 282

Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences, 147

Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America, 278

Inter-Church Fund for International Development, 178

International Development Association, 103

International Development Photo Library (Photothèque), (CIDA) 223-40; history, 225–31; contents, 232–35; significance, 236–39, 336

International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 7, 136–37, 209

International Monetary Fund (IMF), 12, 271, 272, 282, 296, 298

Inuit, 244n45, 253

Iraq, 314; as failed state, 284

Israel, 66

J

James, Susan (Canadian activist), 252

Jamieson, Don (Canadian politician), 157

Japan, 57, 75–76, 134, 165

Jewitt, Pauline (Canadian politician), 247

Johnson, Lyndon Baines (American president), 133

K

KAIROS, 13, 287

Kashmir, 106, 110

Keenleyside, Hugh (Canadian public servant), 5, 23, 28; 56, 74, 272, 334; early career, 75–76; as head of TAA, 82–83; growth of development diplomacy, 87–93; and origins of technical assistance, 75–77; relations with Canada, 84–87; and UN mission to Bolivia, 77–82

Kennedy, John F. (American president), 7, 103, 133, 199–200

Khan, Agha Muhammad Yahya (Pakistani general and politician), 117

Khan, Mohammad Ayub (Pakistani general and politician), 108, 110, 115

Kidd, Roby (Canadian activist), 203

King, W. L. Mackenzie (Canadian prime minister), 83

Kiwanis Club, 249

Kruger, 137

L

Landry, Monique (Canadian politician), 300

Latin America, 13, 82, 136; as aid recipient, 5, 8, 14, 104, 124–39, 145–58, 202, 277, 278–80, 283–84, 335; cold war in, 276; contours of aid, 272; and dependency theorists, 30; early history of aid relations, 275–78; and Justin Trudeau’s priorities, 288; politicization of aid relations, 279–81; regional role in, 281–84; Stephen Harper era, 284–87. See also Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Cuba

Latin American Working Group, 149, 178, 278, 335

LeMoyne, Roger (Canadian photographer), 231, 239

LePan, Douglas (Canadian diplomat), 66, 67

Lewis, Sir Arthur (Saint Lucian economist), 175

Lewis, Stephen (Canadian politician), 261

Libya, 314

Lie, Trygve (UN Secretary General), 75, 93; and “Point Six” aid, 75

Lloyd, Woodrow (Canadian politician), 83

M

MacDonald, David (Canadian politician), 250–51; in Ethiopia, 257–58, 262

MacDonald, Dawn (Canadian activist), 252

MacDonald, John (Canadian public servant), 63

Macdonnell, R. M. (Canadian diplomat), 61

MacEachen, Allan (Canadian politician), 280

MacGuigan, Mark (Canadian politician), 157

MacKinnon, J. A. (Canadian politician), 124

Maione, Romeo (CIDA employee), 172–73

Malawi, 262

Marchand, Blaine (CIDA employee), 241n2

Martin, Paul, Sr. (Canadian politician), 109, 114, 201, 202

Martin, Paul, Jr. (Canadian politician): as finance minister, 14, 302–3; as prime minister, 283, 288, 318

Martin, Nigel (CIDA employee), 172

Massé, Marcel (Canadian public servant), 12, 14, 295; and structural adjustment programs, 271, 298–99; views of Lewis Perinbam, 164, 179

MATCH International, 173

Mayhew, Robert (Canadian politician), 73

McAlister, Elizabeth (CIDA employee), 172

McCaughey, C. E. (Canadian diplomat), 43, 116

McDougall, Barbara (Canadian politician), 300

Mehta, Dilip (Canadian photographer), 231, 238

Mexico, 147

Miles for Millions Walkathon, 168, 203

military aid: for India, 109, 112, 315

Mills, David (Canadian public servant), 64

missionaries: as early aid workers, 13, 62, 88, 171, 207, 232, 277, 279

modernization theory, 4, 6, 9, 15, 29, 78, 35–6, 89–90, 125–26, 134, 147, 334

Moran, Herb (Canadian public servant), 6, 45, 68, 103, 203; biographical sketch, 53–54

Mozambique, 262

Mulroney, Brian (Canadian prime minister), 11, 12, 13–14; and Ethiopian famine relief, 245–46, 250, 253, 262; ideology of, 280; interest in Latin America, 281, 287–88

Multilateralism: as theme in Canada’s aid policy, 6, 8, 45, 117, 173, 202; in Ethiopia, 254, 261; in Latin America, 125, 133–37, 146, 151, 275, 278; at United Nations, 3–5, 65–66, 74–75, 79, 84, 94, 103

Mutual Aid, 32, 34

Myanmar. See Burma

N

National Advisory Committee on Development Education, 13

Nehru, Jawaharlal (Indian prime minister), 29, 34, 42; and non-alignment, 106, 109, 115, 116; and modernity, 36

Nicaragua, 239, 279–81, 283

Nigeria, 211, 239, 247

Nixon, Richard (American president), 150

non-governmental organizations, 9, 16, 12, 13, 84, 88, 147; and aid delivery, 280; as critics, 287; in Latin America, 279–80, 286; as pressure groups, 192, 247; relations with CIDA, 9, 168–70, 172–74, 178, 207, 210–11, 287, 296, 311; as stakeholders, 203, 207, 211, 336

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 130, 189

North-South Institute, 287

Northern Lights (Canadian entertainers), 190, 248

nuclear cooperation: with India, 38, 41, 43–44, 111, 113, 114; with Pakistan, 8, 110–14, 118

O

Oda, Bev (Canadian politician), 13, 261, 286, 319

Official Development Assistance Accountability Act, 2008, 11, 286, 323

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 202, 302, 319

Organization of American States (OAS), 148, 275, 278, 281; and democracy promotion, 282

Ouellet, André (Canadian politician), 302

Overcoming Forty Years of Failure, 306

Overseas Institute of Canada, 203

Oxfam, 172, 178, 281, 287

P

Pakistan, 4, 8, 64, 75, 104, 105–20, 314–15; origins of Canadian aid to, 32, 105–6; and nuclear cooperation, 8, 44, 110–15, 118; tensions with India, 106, 108–10, 113–14; value of aid, 111–12, 115–16. See also Warsak hydro-electric and irrigation project

Pan American Health Organization, 147

Panama, 285

Paris Principles on Aid Effectiveness, 317

Partners in Development, 7, 94

Pearson, Lester B. (Canadian politician): as foreign minister from 1948-57, 31, 32, 33, 44, 56, 58, 73, 132; as prime minister from 1963-68, 109, 114, 115, 133, 146, 167, 237; and support for Colombo Plan, 195, 201; and TAA, 86, 93; as UN commissioner, 7, 94

Perinbam, Lewis (Canadian public servant), 9, 54, 104, 189, 272, 335; biographical sketch, 163–69; and humane internationalism, 176–78; and International NGO Program, 176; managerial style, 172; and NGO Division, 169–72, 174–75, 207; relations with Department of External Affairs, 173–76; and women, 173

Peru, 136, 147, 154, 280, 286; and trade agreement, 285

Peterson, David (Canadian politician), 252

Philippines, 229

Pinilla, Rojas (Colombian general), 129, 132

Pinochet, Augusto (Chilean dictator), 150, 152, 278

Plumptre, Wynne (Canadian public servant), 56, 57, 66, 73

Posgate, Dale (CIDA employee), 172

Pratt, Cranford (Canadian political scientist), 2, 15, 124, 170, 193, 249, 300, 305, 313

Pratt, Frank (Canadian public servant), 64

Privy Council Office, 66

promotional state, 113, 123–24, 129, 139, 189

Protheroe, David (Canadian consultant), 165

public engagement: as aid priority, 302; and CIDA, 9–10, 13, 155, 167, 169, 177, 224, 226, 232, 234, 237, 271, 305; and criticism of foreign aid, 150–51, 155, 174, 205–13; and Diefenbaker, 197–200; with Ethiopian famine relief, 11, 246–55, 262; with Latin American issues, 276, 280; and Lester B. Pearson, 201–05; and St. Laurent, 193–97; and support for foreign aid; 1, 30, 37, 58, 86, 189, 213, 313; and Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 205–13; and UN, 24, 84, 94. See also civil society; non-governmental organizations

R

Reagan, Ronald (American president), 259, 279, 280

Reid, Escott (Canadian diplomat), 54, 60, 203

Ritchie, A. E. “Ed” (Canadian diplomat), 62–63, 67; and aid to Cuba, 154–55

Roberts, James (Canadian businessman and public servant), 67

Robertson, Norman (Canadian diplomat), 67, 110

Robinson, H. Basil (Canadian diplomat), 108

Roche, Douglas (Canadian politician), 155, 157–58

Ronning, Chester (Canadian politician and diplomat), 44

Rosenthal, W. (Canadian public servant), 63

Rostow, Walt, (American economist) 6, 90

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), 110, 131

Rwanda, 231, 235, 239

S

Somalia, 262

Saudi Arabia: arms sales to, 15, 324

Scott, Frank (Canadian scholar), 83

Second World War, 6, 54, 65, 76, 125, 189, 232; influence on postwar aid, 31, 36, 46, 194, 233

securitization, of aid, 306

Sharing our Future, 297

Sharp, Mitchell (Canadian politician): as trade official, 132; as secretary of state for external affairs from 1968-74, 117, 134, and aid to Cuba, 153, 154

Shastri, Lal Bahadur (Indian prime minister), 110

signature projects, 316. See also Afghanistan—Dahla Dam; India; Warsak hydro-electric project

Sims, David (Canadian public servant), 62

Sinclair, James (Canadian politician), 34

Šlezić, Lana (Canadian photographer), 231

Small, John (Canadian diplomat), 116, 117, 118

Smillie, Ian (Canadian development activist), 169

Smith, L. A. H. “Larry” (Canadian diplomat), 174–75, 176

Smith, Sidney (Canadian politician), 197

South America: See Latin America; individual country names

Southeast Asia, 65

Soviet Union: and aid to Afghanistan, 314; and aid to Pakistan, 111–12; and UN technical assistance, 91–92

Special Fund for Africa, 255

Special Joint Parliamentary Committee Reviewing Canadian Foreign Policy, 295, 302

Spender, Percy (Australian politician), 33

Spicer, Keith (Canadian public servant), 1–2, 14, 27, 39, 125, 138, 145

Sri Lanka, 4, 64–65, 75; Inginiyagala hydro-electric project, 44

St. Laurent, Louis (Canadian prime minister), 31–32, 65, 77, 126, 189; and approach to aid, 36–38, 54–55; and support for Colombo Plan, 73; on Keenleyside, 82; and on support for aid, 193–97, 209

Stackhouse, Reg (Canadian politician), 245

Stewart, Brian (Canadian journalist), 245, 247

Stewart, Ron (Canadian politician), 255

Strong, Maurice (Canadian public servant), 7, 44, 45, 167; recruitment of, 203; recruitment of Perinbam, 166, 179

structural adjustment programs, 12, 14, 282, 284, 298–300, 305

Stursberg, Peter (Canadian journalist), 82

Sudan, 262

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 15, 317, 323

Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), 7

T

Tanzania, 13, 301

Taskforce on Churches and Corporate Responsibility, 178

Taylor, D. R. (Canadian diplomat), 67

Taylor, Ken (Canadian public servant), 67

Teakles, John (Canadian diplomat), 43

technical assistance, 15, 103; as aid to Latin America, 133, 136–38, 147–48, 150–51, 153–55; as component of Canadian aid generally, 3–4, 6, 23, 39, 41, 58, 64, 68, 112, 118, 209; and Department of Trade and Commerce, 55–56, 62–64; and the UN, 7, 23–24, 28, 54, 75–99, 103. See also Colombo Plan; UN Technical Assistance Program

Technical Assistance Administration (TAA). See United Nations Technical Assistance Administration

Ten Days for World Development, 177, 209

Thatcher, Margaret (British prime minister), 259, 261

Thomson, Murray (Canadian development activist), 170

Thurrott, Jack (Canadian diplomat), 56

Toronto Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa, 178

Torrado, Osvaldo Dorticos (Cuban president), 154

trade unions: as aid stakeholders, 84, 175, 253; in recipient states, 78, 81

Treasury Board, 60

Treviranus, Barbara (Canadian refugee activist), 252

Trudeau, Justin (Canadian prime minister), 274, 288; and record on aid, 312, 324–25

Trudeau, Pierre Elliott (Canadian prime minister), 7, 103, 115, 133, 237; and aid for Cuba, 152–58; and Ethiopian famine relief, 255; and foreign policy review, 8, 134, 136; and Latin America, 9, 145–52, 274, 276, 288; and Pakistan, 117; and trade diversification, 124

Truman, Harry S. (American president), 74, 95

Turner, John (Canadian prime minister), 257

U

Uganda, 173

Ukraine, 16

underdevelopment, 31, 35, 49fn28, 74, 79, 177, 192–93, 205, 207,

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). See Soviet Union

United Kingdom, 89, 259, 271, 334; and aid contributions, 24, 31, 86, 94; and Overseas Development Institute, 319, 333; and relations with Canada, 1, 32, 134, 189; and sterling, 32, 33, 194–95

United Nations (UN), 1, 24–25, 54, 60, 73, 75, 109–10, 225, 322, 334; and aid programs, 3–5, 23–24, 55, 74, 136, 189; Canadian contributions to, 65; development decade, 28, 43, 103; Millennium Development Goals, 305; specialized agencies, 93–94; and technical assistance, 24, 64, 103. See also Keenleyside, Hugh

United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat), 225

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 103, 178

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 7, 23, 83, 103

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 166

United Nations Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, 23, 28, 54

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (UNRRA), 3, 32

United Nations Technical Assistance Administration (TAA), 28; in Bolivia 74–75, 78, 82; Canadian contribution to, 84–87; experts by country, 89; and modernization theory, 89–90; and resident representatives, 82, 83, 91; and Soviet Union, 91–93; and UN specialized agencies, 92

United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 7, 103, 279

United States, 59, 75, 128, 259, 276; Canadian relations with, 1, 12, 65, 86, 147, 189, 199–200, 276–77, 279–80, 282, 284; foreign aid, 7, 24, 31–33, 43, 55, 60, 84, 89, 91, 94, 106, 200; foreign policy, 13, 15, 31, 89, 91, 116, 333; and Latin America, 104, 129, 131–32, 134, 136, 145, 149–50, 153, 275–76, 279; and technical assistance, 74–75, 79, 84, 86, 91–93, 95

universities, 37, 84, 137, 201, 203, 251, 253, 324; as aid recipients, 150, 154, 324; as aid stakeholders, 175, 192, 207, 209–10. See also Canadian University Service Overseas; World University Service of Canada

Uruguay, 149

V

Venezuela, 147

W

Wanzell, Grant (CUSO volunteer), 170

Warsak hydro-electric and irrigation project, 61, 107, 112, 198, 314-15

Washington consensus. See structural adjustment programs

Weld, John (Canadian diplomat), 111, 114, 115

Wershof, Max (Canadian diplomat), 63

wheat: as aid, 41–42, 65, 114. See also Canadian Wheat Board

White, Nancy (Canadian entertainer), 281

Wilgress, Dana (Canadian diplomat), 32

Winegard, William (Canadian politician), 11, 297, 302

Winters, Robert (Canadian politician), 77

Women in Development (WID), 173

women, 11, 15, 16, 173, 231, 259, 302; Justin Trudeau and, 274, 288, 289, 320–24

World Bank, 5, 12, 65, 103, 166; and Aid India Consortium, 42, 45; and Bolivia 82; in Chile, 152; and Colombia 128, 135; and structural adjustment programs, 271, 272, 282, 296, 298

World Conference on Women (1995), 231

World Food Conference, 177

World Food Programme, 45, 262

World Health Organization (WHO), 92

World University Service of Canada (WUSC), 165, 166; and Ethiopian famine relief, 251–52

WWII. See Second World War

Y

Yemen, 324

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