Following an overwhelming vote at the United Nations, Oxfam called on the Canadian government to quickly sign and ratify the Arms Trade Treaty in Parliament. The landmark vote at the United Nations for the first-ever global arms trade treaty sends a clear signal to gunrunners and human rights abusers that their time is up, Oxfam … Read more
Oxfam Canada said that Canada’s contribution to reducing poverty in developing countries will be undermined by the proposed merger of the Canadian International Development Agency and Foreign Affairs department. Reacting to the federal budget announcement, Oxfam said the merger raises concern that the allocation of aid will be driven by Canada's self-interest in foreign policy, … Read more
Oxfam Canada urges the Canadian government to ensure the global Arms Trade Treaty is a robust agreement that covers ammunition and closes loopholes to save innocent lives. The report, Getting It Right: The pieces that matter for an Arms Trade Treaty, sets out the major gaps in the draft reached at the previous negotiation in … Read more
Investors are targeting the world’s weakest-governed countries to buy land, according to new analysis published on Oxfam’s international day of action against land grabs. The analysis reveals that over three quarters of the 56 countries where land deals were agreed between 2000 and 2011 scored below average on four key governance indicators. The 23 least … Read more
Oxfam is urging the World Bank to freeze its land investments in developing countries and send a clear signal to investors around the world that land grabs must be stopped. As it steps up its campaign to end land grabs, Oxfam released a new report – "Our Land, Our Lives: Time out on the global … Read more
On the eve of the G8 Summit at Camp David May 18-19, Oxfam called on world leaders to make predictable, measurable commitments to reducing hunger by investing in small-scale agriculture in developing countries. Oxfam Canada director Robert Fox said Oxfam is calling for a $30 billion initiative to support public investment in agriculture between 2012 and … Read more
Oxfam Canada said since the first warnings of drought and poor harvests in Africa’s Sahel region in late 2011, communities in many areas have been threatened by a looming food crisis. The group said that more than 15 million people are vulnerable to hunger in seven countries: Niger, Mauritania, Mali, Chad, The Gambia, Senegal, and … Read more
Oxfam Canada warned that hundreds of thousands of poor people will go without life-saving medicines and many more children will miss out on school because of the first global cuts in aid since 1997. The biggest cuts were made by Greece and Spain, with Austria and Belgium also slashing aid budgets. Analysis by Oxfam shows … Read more
Oxfam Canada accused the government of turning its back on the world’s poor by cutting foreign aid in the 2012 budget. Oxfam had called on the federal government to lift a four-year freeze on the international assistance envelope of $5 billion annually. Instead, the government cut $377.6 million over the next three years and raised … Read more
Oxfam Canada urges the government to unfreeze foreign aid spending when it unveils the 2012 budget. Oxfam recommends that the government earmark $5.6 billion for official development assistance in the 2012 Budget, an 8 per cent increase from budget 2011. Oxfam said this modest increase would make a crucial difference in the lives of people … Read more
