In 2010, Canada was in the spotlight when hosting the Olympic Games in Vancouver and then again as the host of the G8 Summit in Muskoka and the G20 Summit in Toronto. The G8 meeting had several crucial target dates for many of the commitments made at the G8 meeting in Gleneagles Summit in 2005 (i.e. addressing economic development in Africa whereby Finance Ministers agreed to write off debt for the world’s poorest countries and to significantly increase aid). Both the G8 and G20 also provided an opportunity to assess progress-to-date on the MDGs as the final five years are entered.
The interconnected MDGs aim to: (1) halve global poverty and hunger; (2) ensure universal primary education; (3) promote gender equality and empower women; (4) vastly reduce child mortality; (5) improve maternal health; (6) halt and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; (7) ensure environmental sustainability; and, (8) create a global partnership for development. Recipient countries are responsible for ensuring good governance and integrating the Goals into their national plans, while donor countries – including Canada – provide more and better aid, debt relief and improved market access.
While developing countries are responsible for putting resources toward implementing policy and programming to achieve Goals one through seven. Canada and other developed countries are responsible for helping the world to achieve the MDGs through Goal 8: Developing a Global Partnership for Development. The information below outlines how Canada is helping to achieve the MDGs.
The interconnected MDGs aim to: (1) halve global poverty and hunger; (2) ensure universal primary education; (3) promote gender equality and empower women; (4) vastly reduce child mortality; (5) improve maternal health; (6) halt and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; (7) ensure environmental sustainability; and, (8) create a global partnership for development. Recipient countries are responsible for ensuring good governance and integrating the Goals into their national plans, while donor countries – including Canada – provide more and better aid, debt relief and improved market access.
Canada’s Role in Achieving the MDGs
While developing countries are responsible for putting resources toward implementing policy and programming to achieve Goals one through seven. Canada and other developed countries are responsible for helping the world to achieve the MDGs through Goal 8: Developing a Global Partnership for Development. The information below outlines how Canada is helping to achieve the MDGs.
