Mr. Speaker, the commitment that was made has already been lived up to. As I indicated earlier, Canada is essentially a world leader in financing research to combat the AIDS epidemic and in providing funds for palliative care, for therapeutic care and for drug research.
That record is being replicated and improved upon with today's announcement of $211 million spread out over five years. That is in addition to all the funds that are being disbursed by other agencies like the Medical Research Council for that purpose.