Cabinet increases Canada's aid

[Spazito]

OTTAWA - The federal cabinet has decided to double Canada's aid to tsunami victims "to at least" $80 million from $40 million, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Sunday

"Canada stands ready to do more," he told reporters after a meeting with senior ministers.

As of Sunday, about $16.5 million has already been allocated, a government website said.

Canada will also deploy the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to Ampara, on the east coast of Sri Lanka, the region in that country hardest hit by the giant waves on Dec. 26, Martin said.

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[nine23]

1. This is a dupe. I was hoping they doubled it again with your post.

[Spazito]

2. I did a search on LBN and it came up empty so I couldn't find...

where it was posted before on LBN.

[tk2kewl]

3. has anyone made a table of contributions by country including GDP?

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