Mr. Chair, I want to thank my colleague for her question.
I note that her interest in Palestine is intermittent. She has asked me questions on Palestine, but definitely not on a regular basis. This will enable me to rectify the situation because, if she had regularly asked me questions on Palestine, that would have enabled me to tell her that we have never cut aid to that population.
However, what we refuse to do in Palestine is to pay money to Hamas; that has nothing to do with the population. We've paid money, we're providing humanitarian aid and until Hamas complies with the plan that has been put in place, the Canadian government will provide direct aid to the population. And that's what it has done.
I hope that answers your question. If I had had the opportunity to hear those questions in the House, I would have been pleased to answer them as they were asked.