Mr. Speaker, on this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the federal government's record remains poor.
On September 26, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees made an urgent appeal to raise the $390 million required to provide aid to the two million Afghani refugees.
Canada sent only $1.2 million, the equivalent of the budget for two days.
How can the government claim to be serious and responsible, when its reaction to this current crisis and the money allocated to it are completely derisory? And does it plan to announce additional humanitarian assistance soon?