Foreign Affairs committee  I think the question around HIV/AIDS speaks very strongly to the need for comprehensive sexual reproductive health services as part of the initiative, and comprehensive would obviously include prevention both in the form of contraception, in terms of birth spacing, but also in te

Foreign Affairs committee  Our only source of funding is individual donations. We don't have any government funding of any kind as an organization.

Foreign Affairs committee  The Canadian Federation for Sexual Health is a charitable organization in Canada, and we're funded exclusively through private donations.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. No, we're not funded by CIDA. The Canadian Federation for Sexual Health national organization doesn't receive any Canadian government funding. Although we're an accredited member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, we don't receive fun

Foreign Affairs committee  I have just a couple of little additions. I referenced in my statement the existing architecture of maternal health initiatives and the civil society organizations engaged. I think that's a really important mechanism in looking at opportunities for investment in this strategy.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll just ask you to imagine that I'm Pierre La Ramée from the International Planned Parenthood Federation office in New York, which is the headquarters for our western hemisphere region. Reading from his notes, I'd like to begin by telling you a little bit about my organization

Foreign Affairs committee  I appreciate that.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. I'd like to take the opportunity first to thank the committee for having us here today. I'm certainly very honoured to have been asked to appear alongside my other civil society colleagues here today. I'll just take a moment and introduce the organization that I rep

Status of Women committee  If I could just clarify, the Canadian Federation for Sexual Health, which is the Canadian member of IPPF, does not actually receive funding from IPPF. We're accredited by them as an international organization, and we're certainly very proud to be associated with them, but because

Status of Women committee  I was just going to comment that I think there are several examples that have been very public in the media where organizations involved in development have had their funding revoked, including KAIROS, which was one of the first examples that we understood. That has been in the

Status of Women committee  I would just echo what Bridget said. I think she is talking generally about clinics that might be providing sexual and reproductive health services--

Status of Women committee  Some may be, yes, which would potentially put them in a different position--

Status of Women committee  Sure. Absolutely. I think we need to follow what's there internationally and not try to export our own values, but rather--

Status of Women committee  Fair enough.

Status of Women committee  Yes, absolutely.