Double Double diplomacy: Ottawa defends tying aid to trade

Double Double diplomacy: Ottawa defends tying aid to trade

Read: 3 min The next time you go to Tim Hortons for coffee, you might be participating in a Canadian foreign aid project.    The restaurant chain has partnered with the Canadian government on a $41-million project to support 50,000 farm families in Colombia, Guatemala, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico and Tanzania to grow coffee for export to Canada.    The project, called Coffee for Communities, is half funded by Tim Hortons and half by Ottawa through …