Thank you, Chair.
Welcome to our committee. We're delighted to have you here.
Ian and Janine, it was really nice to have time to chat with you yesterday and to find out about all the threads of our lives that have crossed in the past.
Mr. Lambert, you'd be interested in a little story. When I was in Ethiopia the last time, I was taken by our embassy to visit a couple of projects that Canada has invested in. For both of them, the objective was to sell eggs at market. The projects had about 1,000 hens each. I figured that the best way I could leave my money in the country was to buy the first 10 dozen eggs from each of them. They were doing very well, so it's really exciting to see this kind of project take off.
As you all know, our whole discussion here over the last little while has been looking at the issue at it relates to child protection.
Janine, you just talked about the importance of vital statistics—and I'm really glad that Madam Laverdière raised the issue—an area on which Canada is focusing between 2015 and 2020 with our maternal, newborn, and child health money.
I wonder, first of all, if you could talk a little bit about child protection in Swaziland. Could you touch on issues as they relate to how the work you're doing meshes with the larger country plan that Swaziland would have for its own growth and development, however elementary that may be right now?
Then, Mr. Lambert, could you talk a little more about the sustainability aspect and how you see yourself connecting into different countries in Africa, particularly in Swaziland? Could you tell us what the objectives are for the egg farmers and what is your involvement?