Mr. Speaker, the World Bank is calling on all governments for emergency action to prevent the food crisis from plunging 100 million people in poor countries further into poverty. The president, Robert Zoellick, is calling on the international community to give the UN world food program the $500 million in emergency aid it needs by the end of the month.
Will the government follow the example of France, which has just doubled its emergency aid to poor countries, and respond to this call to support these countries in great need?