Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I have a quick question. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has proposed a global program for local governance with CIDA. Essentially, we often talk about democratic development where we see a top-down approach, where we elect the president, we have a parliament or a congress, but we really don't try to nurture at the local level the roots to have a successful democratic development. Canada was involved in the commune elections in Cambodia, as an example, in the early 1990s. But this program, the global program for local governance, is to really have a systematic approach to work with local NGOs, local individuals, to make sure that in fact it is nurtured, that the resources are applied, etc.
You may not be familiar with the proposal, but just in terms of the general approach to democratic governance, I wondered if you could give us your comments.