Thank you very much for being here.
Minister Bibeau, this question is for you.
All members on this committee, I think, were greatly saddened by the earthquake in Equador. It was very good to see the government respond in their time of need.
Being a new MP, I'm a little bit curious about the procedure and protocol of how your department gets the funding it needs to ensure that we are able to send aid when and where it is needed. With natural disasters, they can strike at any time, any place, and without warning, so it's very difficult to put that into the budget. How do you allocate the funding? Can you just give us an insight into how the money gets appropriated and what the formula is, what the protocol is, and how you decide how much to give?