Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much, gentlemen, for being here.
I have two questions that I'd like to talk on.
First of all, Mr. Lewis, I appreciate your saying that Canada can play a large part in women's issues. That is an area we've identified, first of all in the child and maternal health initiative out of the Muskoka initiative; I think we're going to see some really wonderful things happen with that. I've travelled in Africa, I've travelled in Bangladesh, and I know there's much to be done. I believe that the expertise we have in Canada, both in health care initiatives and in micronutrients, is going to both save lives and help to nurture those lives. I'm really pleased to see that.
My two questions are these, though. First of all, the instability in Sudan must be having some effects in the countries around it; it must be spilling over. What is the view from the neighbouring countries, and how are they responding to the instability they're seeing in Sudan?
And this is a question, unrelated to that question, around micro-finance. I've seen the success of micro-finance in Bangladesh and in Zambia and wonder whether or not the churches are specifically involved in it. If so, are there any success stories that you can tell us about?