Ottawa is sending another $100 million to Palestinians without knowing where the money will be spent - National Post
Of all the millions Ottawa has earmarked for Palestinians, it’s the outlays for UNRWA – the United Nations Relief and Works Agency – that have received the most scrutiny. Photo by Mohammad Nazal/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty ImagesArticle contentOver the years, Canadian tax dollars earmarked for Palestinians have helped pay the salaries of Palestinians implicated in the October 7 terrorist attacks, and others found to be working in high-level positions for Hamas.
They’ve probably helped fund an infamous “martyr’s fund” that compensated the families of terrorists killed in attacks on Israelis.
And throughout, Canadian tax money helped pay for the textbooks and curricula teaching Palestinian children to seek the eradication of Israel by any means necessary.
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In all these instances, the Government of Canada assured skeptics that the money would not support terrorism, would not fund extremism and would be used exclusively for education and basic needs.
And as Canada once again authorizes its latest $100 million outlay for Palestinians, the pledges are the same. This new round of cash, wrote the Prime Minister’s Office, is destined only for “humanitarian assistance” or “peace and stabilisation.”
By the government’s own accounting, that makes a total of $600 million that Canada has transferred to Gaza since the Palestinian-led terrorist attacks of October 7, 2023.
That works out to about $15 in Palestinian transfers per Canadian. Or, $20 for each of Canada’s approximately 30 million tax filers.
It also means that Gaza remains consistently within the top 10 recipients of Canadian foreign aid, outstripping recipients such as Nigeria or South Sudan, both of which are dealing with active humanitarian and refugee crises.
In the 2024/2025 fiscal year, for instance, Gaza was given $167 million in Canadian aid, higher than any other recipient save Haiti, Ethiopia and Ukraine.
