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Originally Posted by OFKU0
Canada went 10 fold the other day from 4 to 40 million. Seems right given the demographics. Canada is also matching each dollar for dollar donated by us Canadian folk.
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The matching funds are part of the aid package -- they are already counted in there.
What the matching fund trick does is allocates government aid to aid agencies in a way that doesn't require large amounts of government bureaucracy to work out. Canadians pick charities they trust to spend the money with their own donations, and the government channels aid money to the same charities.
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Originally Posted by Konichiwaneko
I think the current plan is to also send Warships (equipped with water refineries not missles ^^) and other Technologies (as I mentioned above) to stay there for the long term to rekindle life there. That's the aid I really think that's needed. That's what I'm proud of the United States for.
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The planes, helicopters and supplies will be quite useful.
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Originally Posted by RangerDick
It is nice to see the US "pay back" the world in generosity like this. This brings back memories of all that international aid that was being flown/shipped our way when Florida was devastated by all those hurricanes last year. Ohhhhh, the armadas of international aid and support coming to our side were a sight to see, weren't they? Uhhhh, yeah right.....
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You are welcome for the aid you recieved during the large mississippi flooding problems and during your flood crisis.
As an aside, India is refusing any nation-based aid (ie, non-NGO/UN), as part of their 'non-aligned' political position.
Up to about 136$ million USD by now, counting what provinces have pledged, debt relief, and the federal governments recent doubling of their aid package. Plus a military disaster relief team of some kind (DART?).