Mr. Chair, I congratulate my colleague on her excellent speech. I am pleased to congratulate one of my NDP colleagues, since I have not been too kind to them this week. But I was very happy to hear such an excellent speech.
My question has to do with the government's attitude, as expressed by the parliamentary secretary, who said that, since we have given a lot to Mali in the past, we do not need to give them more now. What is going on now? The country is experiencing a major crisis and it has been crippled by a horrible terrorist attack. And the government is saying that we will give only $13 million, because we have given a lot in the past. What kind of reasoning is that?
How can the government distance itself from a country we have invested so much in, a country with which we have many ties and that is a member of La Francophonie? How does it look when we give $13 million and refuse to work with the UN? How does that policy look?