The new spending amounts to $760 million over six years, with a peak in spending of $156 million in 2019-20. "This new funding will enable Global Affairs Canada to proactively respond to evolving threats in a volatile global security environment," spokesperson Brittany Venhola-Fletcher said in an email. Then-foreign affairs minister Stephane Dion said protecting Canada's diplomats was his top priority. The new funds for Global Affairs Canada were part of almost $15 billion in new spending announced by Finance Minister Bill Morneau. "For the last number of years, the foreign affairs budget has been under great strain.

Source: Libya Today October 25, 2017 22:30 UTC