Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank all of our witnesses for coming today and sharing this with us. I know that next week is International Development Week. If I don't get a chance to see you during the week, I want to thank you now deeply from the bottom of my heart for all of the work you do. Next week as we celebrate your efforts, we'll keep you in mind.
This committee knows that I'm very committed to increasing Canada's official development assistance. I think it's embarrassingly low right now, and I think we heard from the witnesses today that during COVID-19 it's vitally important that Canada's contribution and Canada's commitment be in addition to, not instead of, our official development assistance.
I do have some questions about what could be accomplished if our ODA were appropriate. I think it's important that we get this on the record.
Maybe I'll start with you, Ms. Russell. You spoke of the risk that girls will not return to school, that we will lose some of those gains we've made in terms of girls' enrolment in school. What could be done if we were able to do more to prevent that loss of enrolment as we come out of the COVID-19 pandemic?