Georgetown: Canada’s High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr. Nicole Giles this week paid a courtesy call on the Ministry of Communities. High Commissioner Giles was accompanied by Ms. Carleen Langford, Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Officer, and Ms. Krysta Bisnauth, Development Officer. Present from the Ministry were the Minister, Ronald Bulkan, Permanent Secretary, Mr. Emile McGarrel and Research Assistant, Mr. Mark Da Costa.
High Commissioner Giles expressed the High Commission’s desire in working with the new administration to further advance Guyana’s development and the shared interests of both countries.
Dr. Giles iterated Canada’s foreign policy focus, which is geared towards providing developmental assistance with the objective of creating sustainable economic growth.
In particular, the meeting was briefed on Canada’s current activities in the communities sector. Among these are the CARILED program which has completed phase 1 catering for initiatives and interventions relating to economic activities and developments in Regions 2, 3, 4 and 6.
Other initiatives include two food security projects based in Region 9, where Canada will be providing over CDN $188,000 to establish and maintain a modern cassava processing and farine storage facility, where Wowetta village is expected to process and store 10,000 pounds of farine. Similarly, Moco Moco Village in Central Rupununi, will be able to process and store 20,000 pounds of farine for use during and after disasters.
Minister Bulkan thanked the High Commissioner for Canada’s support to the people of Guyana over the 51 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and looks forward to the High Commission’s ongoing support to the Ministry of Communities.
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