Thank you very much, Mr. Bradet, Mr. Blackburn and Mr. Miville-de-Chêne.
It was impressive to meet with the ambassadors last week. I will not explain why, but I believe that, for them, it must have been difficult to come together, present a single, common brief and ask for this partnership with Canada. I hope there will be more of us supporting that partnership, so that it can become an actual association and contribute to the economic development you have talked about.
You mentioned Burkina Faso. I actually took part in Paul Martin's major tour. Where do you think Paul Martin went in Africa? To Burkina Faso, after a short trip to the Sudan. Those two countries were visited by a large delegation. It seems to me—and I am only repeating what I said previously—that we should not be giving the impression that Canada is abandoning Africa. You referred earlier to a moratorium on budget cuts and embassy closures.
Do you think that if a certain number of us were to take a strong position on this, something might change for those countries?