Yes, that's right. I would never say it's not costly, but I think it's very important to note that if you think about the donor community around the world, of which Canada is an important part, the donor community is tracking very decidedly towards this objective. Canada is not; it's going in the other direction, or standing still at best. Out of 22 donor states, 16 have either committed to achieve the 0.5% target by 2010, or the 0.7% target by 2015, or to do better. So it's 16 out of 22, and Canada is not among them. It really ought not to be the case.
On September 21st, 2006. See this statement in context.