Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to the committee, ministers. Thank you very much for being here. I have two questions for Minister Paradis and one for Minister Yelich.
Minister Paradis, we have seen in the last week a horrific situation in the Philippines and Canada has been there. Would you update the committee on the situation there and what Canada's doing?
I had to write my second question out so I made sure I got my French grammar correct.
Last week, you were in Paris and Senegal. The countries of the Francophonie are very important for Canada.
Can you tell us what your Francophonie-related projects are and what they mean for Canada?