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With five years remaining in the 2030 Agenda and 35% of SDG targets on track or making moderate progress globally, should Canada still use the SDGs as a framework for development?
Critics say Canada's international assistance pushes progressive values and ideologies over local needs, echoing U.S. backlash that led to the closure of the US Agency for International Development.
·Global food security remains a critical development challenge. While global hunger decreased for the first time since 2019, 673 million people still faced hunger in 2024.
Concerns over aid embezzlement and corruption have prompted stronger accountability and investigations to ensure aid is protected and reaches the intended beneficiaries.
Countries such as China, Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are expanding their economic, security and political presence in Africa.
Canada is adapting to an evolving development landscape as the global aid architecture faces deep challenges, rising geopolitical competition, and shifting donor priorities.
Canada is seeking to conclude Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as soon as possible.
Current status of softwood lumber (SWL) trade dispute between Canada and the United States.
The Canadian and U.S. economies are deeply integrated with the U.S. being Canada's top trading partner, largest source of foreign direct investment, and primary export market across several key sector
U.S. anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations into corrosion-resistant steel (CORE) imports from Canada.