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Minister of Finance Ralph Goodale and Minister of International Cooperation AileenÊCarroll recently announced $42 million in funding to support the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), a project aimed at eliminating polio by the end of this year. "We need to finish the job on polio eradication, a disease that hits Africa harder than any continent," said Minister Goodale in a statement issued on his behalf at the Commission for Africa in Cape Town, South Africa. "Canada is stepping in to fund the immediate shortfall faced by the GPEI, providing $42 million to help finally eradicate this crippling disease." "Canada is recognized as a leader in the global effort to eradicate polio... " said Minister Carroll. "Ending this terrible, preventable disease is within our grasp. This funding will make a vital contribution to reaching this goal."
