Just very briefly, Mr. Clark. I was pleased to hear your comment about the Americas, because, as you are well aware, our Prime Minister has gone with the Americas initiative. But I would like to give you an opportunity to perhaps clarify something with respect to your comments on Africa. The fact of the matter is that this government doubled our aid to Africa. We are in line with the objective of being able to achieve that doubling by the end of this month in which we sit. I don't imagine that you were trying to say that we have shortchanged Africa, when in fact we have doubled it.
Furthermore, with our policy of targeted nations, we are going to be in a position to walk and chew gum. First off, we are going to be able to give the acknowledgement to the Americas they deserve with respect to the Prime Minister's policy. Secondly, we are going to be able to focus our assistance, our development. As you would be well aware, there are tens if not hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan and Darfur and other parts of Africa who are alive because of Canada and the generosity of Canada. I'm sure that, upon reflection, you wouldn't want to leave the readers of the Hansard of this committee with the impression that you were saying that our government was shortchanging Africa.