Halifax Initiative

Canadian Government Reports on IFI Activity Get Good Grade

The Canadian government’s annual reporting on its activities at international financial institutions is getting better, according to the authors, and to a Canadian civil society group which recently gave the latest report its best grade ever.

Mind the (Growing) Gap – Debt, Aid, and Trade (July 2006)

This is a short opinion piece written in July 2006 by Fraser Reilly-King , the Coordinator of the Halifax Initiative Coalition, one year on from the Group of Eight's "Historic" meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland.

CBC Commentary - Questioning the value of the World Bank and the IMF

May 31, 2003, Letter to the Editor on the G8 and Debt

Globe and Mail, May 31, 2003

Press Responses - July 17, 2001

Commentary on CBC national radio on debt, the IMF and the World Bank and the G7 in Genoa.

June 15, 2002, Article on G8 and Africa

Saturday, June 15, 2002, The Halifax Herald Poor suffocating under debt - activists

May 8, 2002, Comment by Paul Martin and Response by HI

There's a better way - Globe and Mail, May 8, 2002(PDF file) [ The Globe and Mail ]

February 2002, Comment piece on Argentina

Argentina owes its people (Peace and Environment News, March 2002

July 20, 2001, Opinion piece on G8 and Debt

Protestor finds strength on the streets. Says world can't ignore outrage over dubious efforts at debt relief. (Toronto Star)July 20, 2001

June 15, 2001, Article on G7 Finance Ministers meeting

John Manley blasts US on farm-aid, (Toronto Star), June 15, 2001 "Several activists came to Halifax from Ottawa and Washington, D.C., hoping to press their message of reform of international support programs".