I am moving the amendment to clause 4, adding the following after line 31 on page 2:
(3) In calculating Canada's official development assistance contribution in Government of Canada publications, the competent minister or the Governor in Council shall consider only development assistance as defined by this Act that meets the criteria in subsection (1), and humanitarian assistance. (4) Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to limit or restrict the activities of the International Development Research Centre.
Subclause (3) is self-explanatory and relates to what we've already defined within the content of this bill.
Subclause (4) deals with IDRC. IDRC has its own act, and to restrict the activities of IDRC would be extremely not in the interests of our country and the great work IDRC does. With respect to accountability and oversight, this already exists within its own act. So to allay any of this committee's concerns with respect to the oversight of IDRC, that already exists, because IDRC functions under its own act and is subject to the normal accounting and accountability procedures of entities such as IDRC.