Canada pledges $30M in Gaza aid, $10M for Palestinian Authority work toward statehood

Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, July 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Canada is adding $30 million to its humanitarian funding for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, along with $10 million to help the Palestinian Authority reform itself for eventual statehood.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is announcing the new funding today at a major United Nations conference in New York aimed at finding ways to preserve the two-state solution.

The conference is taking place as international experts warn of starvation in Gaza, where Israel has slightly loosened its restrictions on aid deliveries to desperate Palestinians.

Anand says the $30 million will get to Gaza “as soon as logistically possible” and calls for a ceasefire to help the region move toward peace.

Canada has not joined France in announcing plans to recognize a Palestinian state, and is instead saying that the Palestinian Authority must “undertake the comprehensive reforms necessary to govern Gaza and the West Bank.”

Ottawa is pledging $10 million to accelerate reform so that the Palestinian Authority can provide “legitimate, democratic governance.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 28, 2025

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press