Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, I'll stop and I'll bring it out in the course of the questioning.

Foreign Affairs committee  For two or three reasons. One, generally speaking, at the cabinet a Minister of Foreign Affairs has more authority than a minister of CIDA. We've had, for years, CIDA ministers who have had a very difficult time getting heard. This is not about the current government. It's about my experience, going back quite a long way.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Merci. I'm going to speak very briefly, I hope—for me that's a big challenge—and I have three basic propositions and five or six or seven things Canada can do. So I'll try to speak about those. It might be a little bit provocative, but it should at least be quick.