Merci, madame. Let me just put some information on the table--and I want to correct this.
This is something that we get too obsessed with, whether we're on the list or we're not on the list, etc. We are not abandoning any country and we have not abandoned any country. What we said was that in 20 countries we are going to focus our work to make sure it is coherent, that it is going to be better coordinated, and we're going to focus on certain sectors where we can make a difference.
I also indicated in my presentation this morning that even if you were not on the list first, any project that is being undertaken in that country now will be honoured until the end of that. We will then look at the needs in that country, and we're not going to abandon it. If we have an effective program that's making a difference, that's making a significant difference in the reduction of poverty in that country, we will support that program.
I want to also point out that 47% of the remainder of CIDA's entire budget is available to countries not on the list. We're not abandoning any country. In fact, in eight of the Francophonie countries, our programming for Francophonie countries under our government in 2007 and 2008 was $141 million. Last year it increased to $208 million. We hosted the Francophonie. I have talked to DESI and Oxfam-Québec. Oxfam-Québec is a very effective organization, a wonderful organization. There are so many. I went to a school in Gonaïves, in Haiti, that is supporting a primary school and a secondary school that was just devastated by the hurricanes last year. I visited them. They're doing wonderful work as well in Haiti.
I've travelled to francophone countries. What we're saying is, as I said, not to be on the list does not mean Canada will not be there to work with the best organizations. What we aren't going to do—and I will be very frank about this, Mr. Chair, if I could—is put a little bit of money into one or two projects in every country. When I look at country by country, for example--