I'm going to continue along the same lines as Mr. Crête.
Mr. Clark, you said at the outset that Canada has a sound international reputation. You made seven main points in your address. You also talked about the increased funding that Canada is allocating to defence, to the detriment of diplomacy and development.
I'm particularly interested in issues that concern Africa. I have very close ties with non-governmental organizations in the field that must leave the field for lack of funding or because programs that have expired have not been extended.
Is it somewhat troubling to see our NGOs leave Africa, in view of the vision those countries have of Canada's role? Canada's credibility is being very much undermined, for lack of NGOs and humanitarian assistance. This is all the more troubling when we know that the government has just made cuts in that area once again. I believe it has removed seven countries from the list of persons...
I'm going to let you speak on that point.