Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Let me comment briefly on your first question. Certainly, I don't think any of the NGOs that are working in the struggle against HIV or for health generally would be unhappy to see CIDA put up more money to help support health in developing countries. Indeed, many of us have called for that and continue to call for it.
I would caution, however, that we not run afoul by falling into tied aid; that we don't somehow think that by putting up a bunch of Canadian taxpayers' dollars through CIDA we can somehow buy our way out of the fundamental problems with the Canadian regime and the compulsory licensing process. I think that would be, if one is to be cynical for a moment, almost a way of trying to paper over the more fundamental problem with the compulsory licensing process. You might, as a result of it, grease the wheels enough by subsidizing Canadian companies to maybe get one or two things out of the pipeline.
I think the fundamental challenge is to actually make the process work in a more sustainable way, so that compulsory licensing is actually easily done, not just when CIDA might put up enough money tied to purchasing from Canadian suppliers, if in fact there might be a better deal from some other supplier.