Los Angeles: Telephone Interview and Canadian Dollars

los angeles: The UN target challenges countries to dedicate at least 0.7 per cent of their gross national income to foreign aid, according to National Observer. Canada, however, was well below that mark last year when it committed 0.28 per cent of its GNI to development assistance, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development."I would ask the prime minister not to let go of it and I think for Canada to have it as a kind of light ... have it as a kind of beacon of hope," Bono, a long-time crusader in the battle against AIDS and extreme poverty, said in a telephone interview from Los Angeles."Not just for the people whose lives depend on those Canadian dollars, but actually for Canada itself to have that place in the world."I think that a wonderful aspiration."Bono will appear alongside Trudeau, Microsoft Bill Gates and actress Danai Gurira at an event Saturday in Montreal, where the prime minister will also host a conference for the replenishment of the Global Fund. But Bono, who will meet Trudeau this weekend at an international-aid event, said while he recognizes the UN recommended spending objective is a difficult goal — he hopes the prime minister doesn't push it aside. It an international partnership focused on eradicating AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. You know, they're sort of quite practical and pragmatic. Trudeau has committed $785 million from Canada over two years to the Global Fund — a 20-per-cent increase."We're always looking for more," Bono said of Canada pledge, before adding he believes Canadians will give broad support to such a cause as long as they believe their money is well spent."I think that Canadians are, in a way, quite unromantic in their idealism. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.