Thank you, Ms. Lalonde.
To begin with, I'd like to reiterate what I said. We need multilateral institutions, but we also need to have mechanisms to coordinate the action they take and the policies they implement, and to have a way of regulating these institutions. You suggested a dialogue between parliamentarians and members of these various institutions. That was a very good idea.
I've often noticed that African parliamentarians did not have an opportunity to debate the HIPC and the PRSP which their governments had approved. There is a dialogue between Africa's Finance ministers, the IMF, and the World Bank in Washington, but there's no debate at the parliamentary level. Here, in Ottawa, the Parliamentary Centre has a network of African parliamentarians asking for this very opportunity.
I would suggest that there is a need for dialogue between Canadians, Europeans and even Americans. You should be having these kinds of discussions with your colleagues in Africa as well as those in developing countries. It is really important.