Mr. Speaker, Stephen Lewis pointed out that Canada will rank 25th out of the 29 OECD contributors of international aid by the end of 2006. The apparent desire to achieve the millennium development goals will be nothing but an illusion if Canada does not move quickly to bring its international aid up to the 0.7% level.
Will the Prime Minister at last make a firm commitment to achieve 0.7% of GDP at least by 2015 in response to the cries of desperation—