I think there are a number. I think the UN resolution to improve action on antimicrobial resistance, which was taken in September 2016, is an excellent start. It brings together the World Health Organization, very importantly, but also the food and agricultural organization, something called OIE, which deals with veterinary health problems. There are a set of institutions that I think are recommending good plans for scaling up approaches to addressing the issue.
I think the point is that those are extremely good value for money. From your perspective as a member of Parliament, what's good value for money in your development assistance? I think the question “To what extent is Canadian development assistance being used to stem the problem of antimicrobial resistance?” is one that would be very good to ask.
I say that in part because there are over 120 diasporas that make up Canada, and as we've seen in other parts of the world, people, relatives are travelling back and forth. The issue of antimicrobial resistance is a global one. The Canadian borders are not in any way impermeable to any of the bugs that travel with planes.
I think that you should be looking at how that development assistance budget is being used, recognizing that some of those investments are tiny fractions of what it would cost to try to address the issue as if it only needed to be addressed in Canada.