COOLUM, Australia -- Prime Minister Jean Chretien says he'll push G-8 leaders meeting in Kananaskis this summer to barter trade and aid for good governance in Africa.
Chretien said he's polled Commonwealth African leaders and has a list of carrots to dangle in front of developing countries to entice them into improving their governments.
"My view is we have to offer something concrete to reward good governance," he said yesterday.
"Rather than impose our own priorities, we should respond to their priorities. We'll make it the item number 1 when I will host the G-8 in Kananaskis."
Those priorities include offering foreign aid to improve health care, education, infrastructure and economic stability.
Chretien said he'll also encourage G-8 leaders gathering in Kananaskis to develop more foreign aid programs that help the more developed African nations.
"Once you reach a certain level, no one takes care of you anymore," he said. "We need to continue helping them so that they continue rising a couple of more levels."
Chretien denied that his plan for the economic development of Africa would mould the continent into what the world's leading economies want, adding that African nations have expressed a desire to evolve.
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