Hello hon. members.
My name is Xavier Cadoret, and I'm a member of ONE in Canada.
Did you know that, every year, 2.7 million children die at birth, that adolescent girls account for 74% of all new HIV infections, and that, today alone, 800 children will die of disease?
Those are alarming statistics, but there is hope. In 2015, 2016 and 2017, our committee recommended that Canada set a goal of investing 0.7% of its gross national income in official development assistance by 2030.
I am here today to call upon the Government of Canada to follow that recommendation in budget 2019 and to increase Canadian spending on international development and humanitarian aid over the next 10 years with predictable annual increases of 15% to the international assistance envelope as of 2019.