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Letter: Trudeau applauded for pledge to education

Prime Minister made a deal to fund $180 million for global education
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Editor,

Full kudos to the Trudeau Liberals for their recent pledge to the global Partnership for Education of $180 million over three years.

This couldn’t have come at a better time, with United States president Donald Trump’s recent slashing of two-thirds of America’s funding to the United Nations agency that runs schools for Palestinian children.

Education, especially for girls, is critical for improving lives in the developing world.

Canada still lags behind all other developed nations in terms of this kind of funding, but this new investment increases hope for a new direction for the Liberals, and that we will begin carrying our fair share.

Tracy Koebel

Victoria