Mr. Speaker, one of our government's aims in international politics is to lighten the debt load of the poorest countries.
In many of the countries considered the poorest, the debt is borne by the people. At the moment, 17 of the world's most indebted countries owe Canada some $1.1 billion. We recently declared a moratorium on the repayment of $700 million in debt for 11 of them.
This specific action is helping make Canada one of countries most committed to reducing human suffering in the world on behalf of Canadians everywhere.