Mr. Speaker, it is hardly a news flash that development work in Kandahar province is being hindered by violence committed by the Taliban and its allied forces seeking to destabilize the democratically elected government of Afghanistan and the UN-NATO mission to provide security and development in that country.
The hon. member has asked what exactly are we doing. The previous Liberal government's plan had our aid commitment to Afghanistan going from $100 million down to $40 million a year by 2008-09. This government has increased--