Renewables the Sharpest-Rising Area in Canada’s Foreign Aid Spending Since 2015: Analysis

Published on May 9, 2024

Foreign aid spending on energy-generation initiatives led by renewables has had the sharpest rise in Canada’s inflation-adjusted international assistance expenditures since the Liberal government came to power in late 2015, an analysis by The Epoch Times shows. Canada’s expenditures in this category between the years 2016 and 2023 after the Liberal government came to power saw a rise of 87 percent compared to the inflation-adjusted total expenditures between 2008 and 2015. The next category with the highest jump was in refugee settlement, with an 85 percent increase, followed by social infrastructure aid at a distant third with a rise of 45 percent. Renewables Funding At $786 million, energy generation, distribution, and efficiency accounted for approximately 5 percent of foreign aid funding in 2022–2023, the latest year for which data is available....

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