UN General Assembly
1948

The people of Canada had taken their full share of the load of providing relief and assistance for the war-shattered countries of Europe, through mutual aid, through military relief, through UNRRA, as well as through direct governmental credits of over 500 million dollars for the continent of Europe. The people of Canada had fully supported the policy of the Canadian Government for the rehabilitation of the economy of war devastated countries, and had supplemented that assistance by sending millions of dollars more, through private and voluntary channels, for the relief of the needy and destitute. Their sole purpose had been to assist the peoples who had suffered most from the war to rebuild their homes, restore their agriculture, restart their industries, so that their countries could take their places again in the world economy and world community.