Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Verdon and Mr. Wallace, I will follow up on the questions of my colleague, Mr. McKay. In my humble opinion, he's been very kind to you since, as I understand it -- and please correct me if I'm wrong --, you do not want this bill to go forward. However, in your presentations, you were both -- I'm trying to be kind -- very vague and somewhat fuzzy. Perhaps it's because we did not get your presentation in writing but you repeated several times that the bill is unclear and open to interpretation. When you want a bill, you offer practical suggestions to improve it. When you don’t want it, you just say it’s vague.
I just want to remind you, as well as my colleagues, that some time ago, the present prime minister wanted international aid to be entrenched in legislation.
Many people have issues not only with the amounts given as international aid but also with the transparency and effectiveness of aid. As representatives of CIDA, you say you don’t want this bill because it’s vague, but you’re not offering any suggestions to amend it, make it better and let Canada have some aid legislation.
This is what I want you to comment about.