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Canada creates emergency relief fund to aid Middle East refugees

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech in Budapest, Hungary, September 7, 2015. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada will create an emergency relief fund by matching the donations of Canadians to assist refugees in conflict zones in the Middle East, the minister of international development said on Saturday.

The government will match contributions donated to registered Canadian charities, up to a maximum of C$100 million ($75.43 million).

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