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Typhoon in the Philippines and Foreign Affairs Department

Foreign Affairs Department: Funding delays of more than a year plagued two major Canada humanitarian assistance projects in Syria, while the military water purification system didn t measure up during last year typhoon in the Philippines, according to The Chronicle Herald. The audit focused mainly on the Foreign Affairs Department, but included an assessment of how the Canadian Forces responded to Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013, which left 6,300 dead and forced more than four million people from their homes and So says auditor general Michael Ferguson in his latest report, which explores, among other things, how well the federal government has been responding to humanitarian crises around the world. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.