What is the response of multinational corporations to the crisis in the afflicted areas?
Jo-Ann Babb, Winnipeg: Reporter: Kelly Crowe With the swipe of a bar code, this Future Shop in Vancouver sends $10 to the Red Cross for south Asian relief. It’s a scene being repeated in banks and retail stores across Canada. It’s one answer to this viewer’s question. Canadian corporations are writing cheques in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Is it enough? Tim Hoswitschka handles corporate donations for the Canadian Red Cross. “Of course, we do get extra funds, as this is a huge catastrophe in Asia. So corporate Canada, any funds that you can support us with will be used appropriately, Hoswitschka says.
