Mr. Speaker, Bob Geldof and Gerry Barr say the minister is wrong.
There is a simple fact. Canada made a commitment and these Conservatives want to walk away from that commitment.
Africa needs help to fight AIDS. It needs help to fight tuberculosis and malaria. It needs better governance. It needs more schools and it needs clean water. It needs micro loans. It needs economic opportunities.
What Africa really needs is for Canada to keep its word. Why will the government not show some respect for the world's poorest people and stop nickel-and-diming them?