Thank you very much for your presentation. There was a lot in there. I tried to write down some of the figures and things, but I'm sure we'll get them in the transcript.
You talked about, I think you said, “grinding poverty, and illiteracy, and horrible infant mortality rates”. This morning I met with a group that's working on the ground in Afghanistan, in Kandahar. They showed me photographs of malnourished and starving children who are living right in the city of Kandahar, right in the camps there. I found it very disturbing, and I think it must be very hard for the men and women of the Canadian military to see this.
I'm wondering why the aid is not getting through to them. They're living in Kandahar city. Is there not a way to funnel the aid through an organization like the Red Crescent that can get the food that's needed to these children who are starving?