Well, as you know, Canada was involved with Haiti long before the earthquake. More recently, they're having to deal with Hurricane Sandy. The role that Canada has played there has been a long-tenured one. I recall that in my days as police chief I was sending police officers to Haiti, even long before the earthquake. We've had a long-standing relationship with Haiti on many different fronts.
There are some very significant things happening in Haiti, to the extent that we're obviously hopeful for a more stable government. There are still some issues there with respect to their commitment to have free and transparent elections. There's still some work to be done there. I met with both the president and the prime minister, and a number of ministers as well, to express Canadians' expectations and concerns.
In fact, all kinds of benefits have been derived. Now, 330,000 pregnant women have access to health institutions with qualified personnel. Over a million girls and boys receive hot meals at school. We visited some of those places.
Going forward, we're going to be revisiting our strategy with regard to further aid and what that will be with respect to Haiti. That was part of the reason for that visit. We're in the discussion stage now. I should say, however, that since 2006 Canada has contributed about a billion dollars to the Haiti situation, both to the disaster and to the other issues we've been dealing with.