Mr. Speaker, in the first week of February torrential rains began to fall in Mozambique causing the worst floods in 50 years. Before it could recover, Mozambique was hit again last week by a cyclone leaving 65,000 people homeless.
I am proud to say that Canada has responded to this natural disaster by providing the people of Mozambique with $1.6 million in assistance. This money will provide food, blankets, medicine, clean water and urgently needed air support.
In the latest budget Canada has increased bilateral international assistance to $435 million over the next three years. This means Canada can continue to help other countries like Mozambique that face catastrophic natural disasters.
This budget demonstrates that Canada continues to be a generous and fair country.