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There’s hope that countries will lower their cyberattacks against other nations’ critical infrastructure thanks to a United Nations committee’s final report, but experts say it won’t completely stop attackers.
After nearly two years of deliberations, the Open-Ended Working Group (OWEG) on security in information and telecommunications technologies (ICTs) issued a report last month that agreed by consensus of 193 countries to follow voluntary and non-binding norms for responsible behaviour in cyberspace. Countries that agreed included Russia and China.
However, according to one Canadian commentator, Iran went so far as to “disassociate,” itself from it, given what it called the report’s “unacceptable content.” Josh Gold, a visiting fellow at the Canadian International Council, also noted in his blog Iran didn’t block consensus on the report.
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Conservative Leader Erin O Toole reversed his predecessor s position on foreign aid spending Tuesday, saying that if elected, a Conservative government wouldn t cut that budget.
But he said he would look to mirror previous Conservative foreign aid programs that tied funds to specific, measurable outcomes. I want to maintain and modernize and make more accountable our development funding, he said during a virtual event with Cooperation Canada, an umbrella organization for international development agencies. There will not be cuts. There will be a renewed focus on outcomes.
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Though it was a popular line in Scheer s speeches to supporters, the move was pilloried by the international aid sector, which said it would undermine Canada s global standing.
Erin O’Toole Says a Conservative Government Wouldn’t Cut Foreign Aid March 17, 2021 Updated: March 17, 2021
OTTAWA Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole reversed his predecessor’s position on foreign aid spending Tuesday, saying that if elected, a Conservative government wouldn’t cut that budget.
But he said he would look to mirror previous Conservative foreign aid programs that tied funds to specific, measurable outcomes.
“I want to maintain and modernize and make more accountable our development funding,” he said during a virtual event with Cooperation Canada, an umbrella organization for international development agencies.
“There will not be cuts. There will be a renewed focus on outcomes.”