Mr. Speaker, I would like to pay tribute today to Medical Assistance Programs International of Canada, commonly known as MAP, a very special medical aid agency.
I first became aware of MAP through my work as a member of the Canada-Cuba Friendship Association. Since the fall of 1995 MAP has shipped $7.5 million worth of medicine to Cuba to help treat more than one million people. As well, MAP has shipped more than $48 million worth of medicine, vaccines and hospital supplies to more than 60 countries, including Kosovo, since 1990.
MAP's work, which is not for profit, is carried out in partnership with various departments and agencies of the Government of Canada.
The products which MAP provides are donated by member companies of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Canada, the Non-prescription Drug Manufacturers of Canada and by providers of vaccines and hospital supplies.
Together Medical Assistance Programs International of Canada and Canadians are doing their part to improve the health of millions of people.