Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I will be splitting my time with my colleagues.
Good afternoon, Ms. Oda, Mr. Bernier, Mr. Wallace and Mr. Brodeur.
Ms. Oda, two days ago, a conference organized by the University of Ottawa was held on the subject of "Peacebuilding in Afghanistan: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead", with some very high calibre speakers. The witnesses heard this morning at that conference said that foreign aid for reconstruction is beset by corruption. In a project originally worth $10 million, about $9 million disappears along the way, and the project costs about $1 million. What is alarming is that the donor countries are not doing any monitoring.
Are CIDA's projects in Afghanistan subject to approval by Afghanistan's central government, the Karzai government? How does CIDA measure the results of those projects, and in particular its performance?
I will then have a question for Mr. Bernier.