Foreign Affairs committee  Not for the Red Cross. It will be in the hands of the people there.

Foreign Affairs committee  And for the shelters, the winning bid came from Quebec. It was open Canada-wide and it was won by a Quebec firm in Montmagny called Laprise. They're the ones building—

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. It is pre-panelled.

Foreign Affairs committee  On the first question, no, we don't monitor violence in communities. We have community mobilizers, and we're there, and we have a list of questions. That's one of the other programs we want to put in place on protection issues, on community violence, but these are early days for

Foreign Affairs committee  No, if they're not married, it goes to the woman.

Foreign Affairs committee  We have also trained teams in various regions of the country to ensure that quick assessments can be done, to quickly determine the extent of the damage and be able to respond to it. We have various levels of response based on the extent of the disaster: it can be local, regional

Foreign Affairs committee  They call it the gestion des sinistres du pays.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  We are creating education and protection programs. We can also train our volunteers who go to the camps to target problems of violence. They talk to the local authorities and non-governmental organizations to offer help and assistance. For the moment, that is what the Canadian Re

Foreign Affairs committee  Unfortunately, since I don't know Haitian law, I do not know what the president's responsibilities are in that case. So, unfortunately, I can't answer that question. I can, however, tell you that a number of Red Cross organizations are working in the camps in Haiti, either to pr

Foreign Affairs committee  Absolutely.

Foreign Affairs committee  I can speak for the Red Cross. There are 5,000 out of 30,000 to be built for the Red Cross movement. The problem is to estimate the kinds of shelters. Some shelters that have been built are not very sturdy, so it's hard to know what the real count is. Some are permanent homes, an

Foreign Affairs committee  There are 800,000 people now left in camps in Port-au-Prince. The new approach is to go back to their communities to see if their homes can be repaired, and move people out of those camps into their homes in their neighbourhoods. I think the shelter approach is more practical in

Foreign Affairs committee  As for removing the rubble, one of the biggest problems has to do with knowing who the owner of the place is. Who is responsible for removing the rubble? Is it the state, or is it the individual? This issue has still not been completely resolved, and we are waiting for an answer

Foreign Affairs committee  That is another kettle of fish. It is a matter of cost, absolutely. Who is responsible for paying for that? So these people are probably held up here because of a lack of resources. It costs a lot. I'll tell you right now that it isn't the manpower that is lacking in Haiti. We c