Canadians are ramping up their donations for Pakistan flood relief. And, as Lynn Desjardins reports, the Canadian government has announced it will match private donations dollar for dollar.
Photo1: Displaced Pakistani flood survivors fetch water in camp in Sukkar, Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. Workers piled stones and sandbags to plug leaks in a levee protecting a pair of southern Pakistani cities Monday, as the floods that have destroyed homes, farmland and livelihoods moved slowly toward the sea.(AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Photo2: A Pakistani boy stands next to his makeshift tent at a camp for flood-affected people in Nowshera, Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, as the floods that have destroyed homes, farmland and livelihoods moved slowly toward the sea. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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