The focus of our submission was Canada's children and adolescents, but we mustn't forget children elsewhere in the world. Each year, 11 million children die before the age of five.
Canada has much to contribute to improve health in the global community. Helping developing countries strengthen their health systems contributes to our own health and economic security. We remind this committee of the target of 0.7% of our GNP going towards international aid by 2015. That needs to start now.