Thank you, Madam Minister. I'd like to thank you, too, for being accessible, this being your fourth visit to this committee.
I'll make a couple of comments, and then I'll ask you the question.
I noticed in your notes that there's a 20% reduction on land mines. Another report gave the idea of what that really means by talking about 720 square kilometres of mined area; a 20% reduction is certainly significant, with 140-some square kilometres being cleared. As well, it's wonderful to see the increase in the number of children--up to six million children now--being educated, because that truly is our future into future generations.
My question is this. How does your aid effectiveness agenda fit with your priorities announced in the budget? How exactly does the effectiveness fit in with the priorities in the budget?