Thank you.
Yes, Canada is certainly able to provide aid. Canada is the largest donor of food assistance per capita in the world, which I am proud of as a food assistance person, and I believe you should be too. I think there's going to be an increase in that, because Canada set its minimum commitment on food assistance about 10 years ago and has not increased the minimum commitment since then. Mind you, the actual amount goes up and down each year, and it's quite generous, but there's nothing that says that it couldn't drop at some point.
We have recommended that Canada tie its food assistance to the price of food, so that when the price of food on the global market goes up, Canada's food assistance would go up, and we would be able to provide more to those countries that need it.
