Government Operations committee  I'm trying to think off the top of my head.... Certainly we've had a major initiative in Afghanistan that has been quite successful. Pakistan has also been touched, because of course they're contiguous regions. Most of our support to polio is through the United Nations system

Government Operations committee  Those of us who work anywhere in international development are very proud that Canada is known for keeping its commitments. As far as doubling aid to Africa, we met that objective in 2009-10. We have maintained that level. On our aid going forward, as Ms. Bossenmaier mentioned

Government Operations committee  Yes, I'll be happy to. Haiti is one of our 20 countries of focus, of course. It's our biggest program, and it has been a long-term priority for the Government of Canada. It has been our largest aid recipient for the past three years, but it was always amongst the top. A lot of

Government Operations committee  It will be my pleasure to do that. I don't have the French document before me and so I am going to translate this one; it may not be precise. Our sustainable economic growth strategy has several components. The first is to ensure that the policy and institutions in the country i

Government Operations committee  Let me ask for clarification to make sure that I have the question correctly. Are you looking for a confirmation that we have 10 countries of focus within which maternal and newborn child health is being done?

Government Operations committee  Yes, there are 20 countries of focus. The objective of establishing countries of focus was to enable us to better concentrate our resources in order to have much more impact. Previously, we could have been involved in more than a hundred countries, and if I can use the analogy,

Government Operations committee  Yes. Also, if I may, Mr. Chair, I would like to add to the first part of the answer that of course in that period to which the honourable member referred, we've also doubled aid to Africa. So that was a significant achievement. I've now forgotten the second question, I'm sorry.

Government Operations committee  Thank you. Since 2008 all food aid has been fully untied, and that's quite an achievement. It's something that governments and countries have talked about for many years, and Canada really led the way. So that was a significant achievement. We have virtually untied all the res

Government Operations committee  I would suggest that it's part of what we consider the ability to make the difference. And there is efficiency and effectiveness. Can you actually work in that country? Can you actually work with that government? Is the government actually behind its own poverty reduction strateg

Government Operations committee  I'm sorry, when I say the government, I mean the developing country government.

Government Operations committee  We were just conferring to try to get the date correct, but INC is no longer a part of CIDA. It was transferred to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade a couple of years ago.

Government Operations committee  Yes, that would be through partnership.

Government Operations committee  Yes. There are 10 countries.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. We do have a business modernization initiative in the agency that was launched, I would say, two years ago that is working quite diligently at streamlining processes. There's some re-engineering involved in that. There is also a very significant effor

Government Operations committee  We're still at a pilot stage with a number of them. Certainly on the pilots, we are finding that it's a more efficient process. It's early days yet to be able to provide overall savings.