Briefly, and thank you, colleague, for that question, as I mentioned and as I tried to point out, this exercise is extremely important. It's important because of the decisions leaders make. Those decisions impact our lives. They impact our lives in numerous ways and they impact the lives of others in terms of Canada's aid, in terms of what we have shown in terms of our leadership.
I spoke about the accountability mechanisms regarding the millennium development goals. I spoke about maternal health and the initiative that is taking place in more fragile and vulnerable countries. I've spoken about the security aspects that the Government of Canada as well as the other leaders have taken regarding Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea.
I've spoken about what has been done at the G-20 in terms of the outcomes and setting the course among the world's most industrialized countries to be able to make sure we're all on the right page as we go forward to get out of this recession. We know the economy is fragile, but that initiative is extremely important to be able to get everybody onside.
So those are the reasons we do these things. We do it to show leadership, but we do it for people in Canada. We do it for people around for the world, and that's the objective of our work.