Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'm curious about the international context Canada finds itself in. I understand that we're at our highest levels of funding for CIDA thus far, but given the global recession, have other countries taken steps to reduce their international aid? I think I read a report that international aid was actually reduced in the U.K., whereas Canada is maintaining the same high levels.
Do you have any information you could share with us on that from your conversations with other international aid branches of different governments?