Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Elmwood—Transcona for his insightful question about this issue.
It is an interesting thing, because we are talking about our millennium development goals. Some people ask what about Canada.
The first thing I would point out with the millennium development goals is we have agreed to put .7% of our GDP toward millennium development goals and toward foreign aid and development. When we look at the whole picture of our GDP, .7% is a very small amount. I think that is something we can achieve. At the same time we can invest in such things as a national housing strategy. Many people in our northern regions are living in overcrowded, decrepit housing. We could actually deal with maternal health and child poverty here in Canada. I think that both are achievable.