Mr. Speaker, the government has committed to increase international assistance by 8% each year which will double our budget by the year 2010.
We have done extraordinarily well in showing leadership to the entire HIV-AIDS pandemic; $100 million to the World Health Organization's 3 by 5. James Morris, who is the head of the World Food Program, said:
Canada is one of our best friends, an incredibly generous country in terms of looking at these tough humanitarian issues.
He called the Canadian International Development Agency a national treasure.