Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for the opportunity to clean up something that he misled the House about last week.
Barrick Gold has received absolutely no money from the Canadian government or CIDA. The pilot project to which the member refers started in 2009. It is putting local Peruvians to work as part of a reforestation program. Barrick Gold has contributed over $150,000 to this project, and we would like to see more companies get involved in corporate social responsibility.
We welcome support from Canadian companies that want to help the world's poor.