I will begin by saying that on the crisis in Gaza—the war between Israel and Hamas—we have been very concerned from the very beginning about the impact it has had and continues to have on Palestinian civilians. Our commitment to providing life-saving humanitarian aid has been very strong from the very beginning. We were the first western country to respond, with an initial allocation of $60 million. We followed that up with an additional $40 million.
That, again, is the recognition that we should be guided by the principle of making sure that Canada continues to provide life-saving assistance to anyone in the region who needs it, even to the point of embarking on airdrops when it was difficult to reach northern Gaza and joining allies in doing that.
On the mechanics of who gets to join the Humanitarian Coalition, I'm going to turn to Deputy MacLennan to provide details on that.