Thank you.
Talking about the future, World Bank preliminary forecasts for between now and 2005 said that up to 2.8 million additional children will die because of the economic downturn, which was not caused by them but probably because of deregulation and greed. This 2.8 million is actually larger than the population of Manitoba and slightly smaller than Toronto. But you're looking at 46 million more people living in poverty as they make less than $1.25 a day. Many of them live in Africa, and many of the mothers are losing their jobs. Last I saw, the banks got $8.4 trillion in bailouts, as of January of this year.
What do you think is the Canadian aid level to Africa? That's my first question. I have two more. It's a quick question, the precise dollar amount.
The second question is about how African minerals being sold here in the west sometimes end up fuelling ongoing conflicts. Take Congo as an example. Some material from our cellphones, coltan, has a connection there. There's a bill being considered in the U.S. Congress to deal with the situation. The bill requires companies using these minerals to keep track of where the minerals are coming from and to ensure that they are not using minerals that fund conflicts. What do you think of such a bill?
Third, I see Barrick Gold in your booklet here. Norway's pension funds do not invest in Barrick Gold because of their open pit mine. Should the Canada Pension Plan invest in these companies, for example, because of some of the practices in Africa?
Those are my three questions.