"Tamara P. Duvall" wrote: US's original commitment was $15 mil; only after being accused of stinginess by UN, did US up it to the 35 mil that Alice mentioned.
Canada initially committed $4M and have now increased it to $40M. The Govt has now announced that in addition to the $40M it will match contributions made by the general public up to January 11. I think the public has contributed about $6-7M so far, but I haven't heard an actual figure this morning. Malvary in Ottawa, who is staying home today nursing a cold and looking out at all the ice on the roads. The police said don't go out on the roads unless you have to. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
