That's quite an important question. At Results Canada, we see an economy that may not be growing as fast as we wish. But it is growing and the aid budget is not, which means that our aid is a smaller and smaller proportion of our national wealth. We wouldn't want to see that happen many years in a row. We're already among the least generous nations, and we don't want to be moving towards the back of the pack. We need to reverse that freeze. At a minimum, we would want to be able to pay for inflation and population growth in the developing world, so that we keep the same impact in terms of lives saved. We need to expand our aid programs so that we can continue the fight against pandemics, offer an education to the 67 million children who have no school to go to, and give access to water and sanitation.
On December 8th, 2011. See this statement in context.