For several sessions, we on the Standing Committee on the Status of Women have been holding discussions. The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development has been doing the same thing. We have been meeting with civil society organizations to discuss major priorities.
The fifth millennium development goal is said to be the one on which the least progress has been made in developing countries. On the eve of the G8 meeting that will be held in Canada in June, we are trying to show, through the testimony of our guests who come to share their expertise with us, that 2015 is not very far away. It is just five years from now. Most of the people who have come here are calling on Canada and other donor countries to increase their aid envelope by 50% to achieve the goals countries have set for themselves. Representatives of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria came to tell the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development this week. Canada made a commitment in 1995 that it reiterated in 2000 and again in 2009 in L'Aquila, Italy. Today, the Canadian government is working to honour that commitment and has made it a priority.
I feel that all measures and all initiatives are good. But in countries with high infant and maternal mortality, I wonder what can be done in the way of prevention. Earlier, Ms. Fuselli talked about bike helmets and car seats. I went to Uganda last year and visited refugee camps. What impact can Safe Kids Canada have in Uganda, for example, Ms. Fuselli?