Foreign Affairs committee  First of all, the Red Cross-run Mirwais Hospital is a key partner in the south, as is the international community of the Red Cross across Afghanistan. We have already provided a $3-million grant to them. Dr. Geoffrey Hodgetts, one of Canada's most experienced doctors in post-co

Foreign Affairs committee  I think what's important to note is that across Afghanistan we have about 22. We have nine in Kandahar overseeing projects. But there are some 300 aid workers through the agencies.

Foreign Affairs committee  No. It's to provide the operating staff—moving to 35 people in the field—and our 80 staff here in Ottawa.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'd echo all that Len said. I'd also note that there's a bit of a myth that in fact the two departments don't coordinate well. My experience over the last two and a half years is actually a model internationally. The work we do is truly whole-of-government in Haiti, truly whole-o

Foreign Affairs committee  I didn't clearly understand the question.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, under the management accountability framework the Treasury Board has characterized CIDA's independent evaluation as strong. We have an independent evaluation function that's been in place for some years. It's worked very effectively. For example, we just did a national p

Foreign Affairs committee  We have an evaluation process to overlook our key programs. We don't actually at this point look at 100% of our programs. They're identified by size and by risk. But significant programs tend to be identified at least at two levels. You'll have key programs that are evaluated, an

Foreign Affairs committee  You're referring to the standing offers for evaluators?

Foreign Affairs committee  I believe we are still able to call in evaluators. Now I understand why you referred to those five companies. I'm going to come back to that question.

Foreign Affairs committee  The short answer is no. As Len mentioned, that means that choices have to be made. The government's choice was to double up in Africa by 2008-2009. Our game plan is ready.

Foreign Affairs committee  What amounts are those, madam?

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll answer in part, then I'll hand the question off to Greg. A sum of $15 million earmarked for operations is going to Sudan and Afghanistan. In addition, $16 million included in the grants and contributions is earmarked for Sudan. Of the $210 million in contributions and grants

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. First of all, there's an example of where our departments work very closely together on the whole aspect of democracy promotion. We're very involved in helping to continue to reinforce the electoral commission in Haiti, and on the voter registration cards, which were

Foreign Affairs committee  UNICEF is one of our key coordinating partners in doing this. In some cases they'll be involved in helping to do some of the analysis and oversight. In other cases, in fact it may be going into the country's systems directly. So in fact the way it's structured, it should have qui