Randeep Sarai said Canadians should know how their aid dollars work to, for example, flood-proof areas prone to natural disasters or provide farmers with climate-resilient crops.

Numerous Canadian projects are in limbo as the world's largest aid funder freezes funding, and it's unclear what will happen to millions of dollars Ottawa had sent to USAID.

Nearly all employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development are being terminated as part of the Trump administration's government spending crackdown.