I have emailed the director of INFACT Canada, Elisabeth Sterken, twice in
the past 2 days, asking for more background information on this.  I also
looked at the IBFAN and WABA sites, and while they noted the appointment of
Veneman, nothing yesterday mentioned this funding cut.

I think we also need to know who to cc these letters to.  I suspect that, at
this point, and considering the powers of those involved, writing letters to
Veneman alone, may be naive and impotent.  We need to also contact her boss,
her political opponents, any watchdog agency that monitors UNICEF, etc -
basically there must be SOMEONE who is a counterbalance to this power.

This level of politics is far beyond my experience.

I will forward anything I find out.  I know that INFACT was quite busy with
a BFI training course this past week and weekend (I reached Elisabeth then
on another matter), so perhaps they are still either bogged down, or away
from the office.

Janice Reynolds

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