Mr. Speaker, cyclone Ditwah has devastated communities across Sri Lanka, causing severe flooding and landslides that have claimed over 465 lives and left hundreds more missing.
Homes, infrastructure and local economies have suffered serious damage, and communities across the country are struggling to deal with the aftermath, especially in the northeast hill regions, which are already struggling due to poverty and war.
Canada has always been known as a partner that we can count on in moments of hardship. Could the Secretary of State for International Development inform the House of Canada's—