UpbeatCanada puts C$70 million (about $50 million) behind Commonwealth schools, ports and small businesses
At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney set out new investments of more than C$70 million (about $50 million). The Caribbean pieces are practical: C$10 million (about $7 million) over six years for UNICEF to keep Caribbean children learning safely through hurricanes and other emergencies, C$5 million (about $3.6 million) for climate-resilient infrastructure skills in four eastern Caribbean states, C$5 million (about $3.6 million) for the World Food Programme's regional logistics hub in Barbados, and C$3 million (about $2.1 million) to turn the seaweed that clogs Caribbean beaches — sargassum — into fertiliser, building materials and biofuel. A further C$50 million (about $35 million) loan from FinDev Canada to Zanaco, Zambia's largest bank, is aimed at small and women-led businesses.
SDG 17 · Partnerships for the goals — Mechanism: funding & finance