Engaging parliamentarians and senators

 

Cooperation Canada engages regularly with parliamentarians and senators to advocate for the needs of the most vulnerable as well as sector priorities. In leading advocacy with parliamentarians, Cooperation Canada creates opportunities for its membership to share their concerns with decision-makers and encourage further Canadian leadership on the global stage. Cooperation Canada hosts an annual hill day, where it invites its members to Ottawa for a day of meetings with parliamentarians to advocate for the needs of the world’s most vulnerable.  

A longstanding area of engagement has been Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending. Through its engagement with parliamentarians, Cooperation Canada and its members have called on government to increase its spending on ODA.

Cooperation Canada also consults its membership to make submissions to parliamentary standing committees including through its annual pre-budget submission.

 

Submissions to Pre-Budget Consultations

Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2023 Budget

Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2022 Budget 

Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2021 Budget 

Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2020 Budget 

Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2019 Budget 

 

Department of Finance Consultation on Official Development Assistance (Dec. 2022)

ODA Consultations Cooperation Canada 2022

 

Other engagements with parliamentarians 

Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector (2019)