Mr. Speaker, I agree with my colleague that Canada is at the forefront of fighting Ebola.
I am proud to confirm that the first shipment of Canada's donated protective equipment departed this morning on a Royal Canadian Air Force Hercules bound for Sierra Leone. We are able to do this only because of investments made by our government in our armed forces, including, of course, buying four C-17s and 17 Hercules aircraft.
I thank the Department of National Defence for making sure we can get this protective equipment over to the WHO so it can be used immediately.