Mr. Speaker, I can assure you that no funds are being withheld by CIDA for projects in Kandahar.
Just last week, I was in Valcartier, in the vicinity of Quebec City, where I had the honour of announcing two rapid action projects specifically for Kandahar: $3.1 million will be used for medium-sized infrastructure and $2 million will be used to accelerate the national solidarity program.
That is what is being done in Kandahar and the security provided by our military is critical to development.