Canada's Aid To Third World Countries

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for a
complete review of Canada's foreign policy. Starting in 1968 interested
Canadians including politicians, journalists, professors, business leaders,
financial experts, as well as church and labour leaders were invited to offer
opinions and advice in what was called the Trudeau Review. The ending of this
meeting brought about six foreign policy booklets which outlined the benefits of
Canadian foreign aid. Some of these benefits included to help the Canadian
economy grow stronger, to keep Canada independent, to work for peace and
security, to promote fairness and equality for everyone and to improve living
conditions for all people throughout the world.

The Canadian foreign policy review suggested that Canada strengthened it's
ties with Latin America. Trudeau visited Mexico, Cuba and Venezuela in 1976.
Canada's trade with Latin America increased from $1099 million in 1970 to $3418
million in 1976. Also Canada gave an increasing amount of development funds to a
number ...

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