Prime Minister Mark Carney announced C$100 million in new assistance for Palestine at the United Nations on September 23. The Canadian government says C$80 million will support needs-based humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, while C$20 million will support peace and security capacity-building, including police training in the West Bank.
The announcement brings Canada's total contribution to the needs of Palestinian civilians to more than C$600 million since October 2023, according to the prime minister's office. CBC independently reported the same funding split and said Carney presented the package as an effort to preserve the possibility of a two-state solution.
The number is immediate relief, but its test is practical: whether the aid can reach civilians and whether the security component supports a political horizon rather than standing in for one.
