Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Minister.
International Trade Canada was requesting $173 million, including $130 million to forgive certain debts to African countries in November, or in the fall budget of 2005. It looks like the department has not requested that through government warrants. It's not clear that the funds for the debt relief are in the 2006-07 budget. Did the department find another mechanism to forgive the debts for the countries in the supplementary estimates, especially for the Congo, Cameroon, and so on? If not, what is the status of these countries' debts today? Perhaps you could comment on that too.