Thank you. It's Diane Richler again.
There is no question that the cutbacks in ODA have had a very negative effect. There has been a real narrowing of focus by the Government of Canada in terms of the issues that are being supported and the places that are being supported. Mónica and I are here representing an organization with members in over 100 countries, and they don't see Canada. This is an area where, as I said before, we have leaders. We have fantastic expertise to share, but we're not taking advantage of it.
I guess the other thing to say in terms of the positive side of it, yes, being a political issue is that the Prime Minister is now a member of what is called the group of friends of the sustainable development goals. However, when we see Canada's interventions at international fora on the SDGs, we don't hear about education, and we don't hear about disability. There are plans being made now for what is going to follow up on the sustainable development goals, and right now, even education is not on the agenda and disability even less so. One of the things that Canada could do right now while these negotiations are going on in New York is make sure that education is seen as a global priority for ODA, which it is not, and that persons with disabilities and their inclusion are seen not as a way of spending more money but as a way of enriching what happens and making sure that the quality of education is better.
Thank you.