WORLD VISION CANADA HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN MEETING WITH MPS ACROSS PARTY LINES, AS WELL AS OTHER GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES. WORLD VISION CANADA PARTICIPATES IN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT POLICY CONSULTATIONS (INCLUDING PARLIAMENTARY FINANCE COMMITTEE HEARINGS, STANDING COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE). WORLD VISION CANADA IS ALSO ACTIVE IN A NUMBER OF NGO COALITIONS, INCLUDING THE CANADIAN COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (CCIC). ISSUES OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO WORLD VISION CANADA HAVE INCLUDED: OPPOSING THE EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN, INCREASING FOREIGN AID LEVELS, BANNING ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES, INVESTING IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, PARTICIPATING IN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, IMPROVING HUMAN AND FOOD SECURITY IN REGIONS OF COMPLEX HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY, PROMOTING PEACE AND RECONCILIATION, PREVENTING HARMFUL IMPACTS OF ARMED CONFLICT ON CHILDREN, AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY ISSUES, PARTICULARLY AS THEY IMPACT CHILDREN. IN THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1998 TO MARCH 1999, WORLD VISION CANADA RECEIVED $4.275 MILLION IN CIDA FUNDING.
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DIRECT RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS THOSE THROUGH NGO COALITIONS WILL CONTINUE AS LISTED ABOVE. CRITICAL ISSUES WILL REMAIN THOSE LISTED ABOVE. WORLD VISION CANADA ANTICIPATES CIDA GRANTS TOTALLING $11 MILLION DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF OUR 1999 FINANCIAL YEAR (APRIL TO SEPTEMBER).