Mr. Howlett, first of all, I want to publicly thank Make Poverty History for the enormous support they gave to Bill C-293. It was tremendously helpful.
We had our first reporting period as of the end of September. I assume that you've read that report. Any NGO I've ever talked to thinks it's a hugely disappointing response. It's almost contemptuous of Parliament, one might say.
I'm curious as to why you would have any confidence that this government would actually meet its millennium goal targets for 2015, or why the 0.7% aspiration is anything other than an aspiration. Given that they'll be under enormous fiscal constraints, do you think that even the aid budget as it presently exists will maintain its funding levels?