Thank you very much, Chairperson.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here today.
I'm not a regular member of this committee, so I haven't been involved in the briefings that took place earlier. Certainly, like many Canadians, I've been following the news and watching what's been going on in Libya. It's been quite dramatic and incredible to see the changes taking place there. So I was very interested to hear your remarks today in terms of, I guess, the assessment from Canada's point of view and where we're headed now in terms of our future involvement.
Ms. Martin, just looking at the comments you made this morning, you say “Canada will align its assistance with the framework agreed with the NTC and will respond to its requests”.
I realize that there are many things happening at different levels, and it's all developing quite quickly. I could raise any number of them, but one in particular that I think is of importance and of some urgency is the situation regarding health issues, infrastructure, food issues, food security and availability, and basically, the status of the civilian population. There's no question that many cities were almost completely destroyed. The infrastructure was destroyed.
In terms of this framework agreement and your comments that Canada will be responding to requests, I think it would be very good for us to know whether Canadian officials are planning to intervene quickly. What kinds of resources do we have on the ground to respond to some of these very basic needs and to support the Libyan population? Is there a timetable for that? Is there a budget for that? Can you give us a sense of what kind of plan is going to unfold in terms of responding to what I would imagine are still very urgent needs in an urgent situation?