Madam Speaker, I can assure my colleague that Canada and the other countries among the friends of Haiti and the international donor community are watching very carefully for transparency. There has been a great outpouring of charity from Canada and other countries around the world that have contributed to the short term and longer term reconstruction of Haiti.
There have been temptations. We have seen some attempts within the Haitian community to resort to previous forms of involvement which unfortunately has resulted in the shrinkage of international assistance.
When we held the Montreal conference in February last year and subsequently followed that up with the donors conference in New York, we made it clear that while the ultimate decisions will be made by the government and the people of Haiti, the United Nations interim reconstruction commission will ensure that the money is disbursed transparently and effectively.