The aid amounting to CAN$90 million will be distributed over three years
Golly.
and comes after the agency’s chief warned last month it was facing its "worst financial crisis" ever.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
...hereditary prime minister of the Great White North...’s government restored aid to the agency in 2016 after it had been cut four years earlier by his conservative predecessor Stephen Harper.
In 2016-2019, Canada spent CAN$110 million (approximately $85 million) to support the agency. It also provided CAN$1.5 million (approximately $1 million) in April to help it respond to the pandemic.
Israel has long pushed for UNRWA’s closure, arguing it helps perpetuate the conflict with the Paleostinians.
US President Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
’s administration supported Israel’s stance by cutting aid in 2018.
Washington had been providing UNRWA $300 million a year, roughly a third of its core annual budget.