"Margaret Aileen Carroll", Queen's Privy Council for Canada/PC, is a former Canada/Canadian politician. She was the federal Minister for International Cooperation (Canada)/Minister for International Cooperation in the Paul Martin government, and later Ontario's Minister of Culture (Ontario)/Minister of Culture.

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Once again, the remarkable entries received show that Canadian youth are moved by the challenges faced by the developing world. By participating in this contest, Canadian youth have taken a first step in getting involved in the fight against poverty and inequality around the world.

We encourage, most sincerely, that Canadians donate generously in these last few hours.

Half of this will go to the South Asia earthquake matching fund; the remaining will go to the two appeals we have now received, one from the United Nations and one from the Red Cross movement.

We are stepping up to facilitate the government of Afghanistan's transition to a fully independent and democratically elected government that expresses the will of the people.

The first thing to do .. was to make money available on the ground quickly and then to make a part of the money, as the prime minister did, be part of (a needs) assessment.

Today's announcement will address immediate needs, including the housing situation as winter approaches.

The CIDA funds that are generated in this manner will be made available to support relief, rehabilitation, and eventually reconstruction proposals that are submitted to us by Canadian non-governmental organizations.

The goal of the agenda for action on global health is clear: to reduce the number of people, particularly children, dying unnecessarily from ill-health and disease.

World Vision and Care Canada are working through their local networks on the ground to meet the needs of these devastated communities.