Thank you for that. I guess we would encourage the government to consider supporting the road map. As you mentioned, government was pushing for the road map. Obviously, the next logical step would be to put our money where our mouth is. I know that's not necessarily your decision, but perhaps a it's strong recommendation.
On the other issue, Mr. Morrison, you have a difficult dilemma because there have been, and we could use different descriptors but I'll say disproportionate cuts at CIDA for the continent of Africa. I know there have been countries of focus and I know about the investments in Mali. We've had the closing of embassies. When it comes to the reduction of funding going forward, about 62% of the countries that will have their funding cut are countries in Africa. That's the mathematics of it.
My question goes back to what my colleague, Ms. Laverdière, asked. You've got defunding of the continent of Africa, and we've got embassies that are being closed, but for you to be able to take money and respond to this humanitarian crisis, I want to be assured this is new money that isn't going to affect other countries. I want to be assured that you're being given extra money for this humanitarian crisis, and that it won't negatively affect other programs. At the end of the day, we need to see a strong commitment like others have made, such as Japan, and that your defunding at the agency isn't going to negatively impact the need to respond immediately.