Foreign Affairs committee  In September this year, there was a surplus of AstraZeneca vaccine in Canada with an expiry date around December. So it was important to offer these 760 or so doses. We asked countries fairly close to Canada, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, if they needed vaccine an

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. Since then, I think, Haiti did receive those doses through COVAX, which Canada is supporting with nearly $700 million. I don't know the numbers, but I could provide them to you.

Foreign Affairs committee  I will check, but yes, I believe that Palestine and Taiwan are also entitled to receive doses through COVAX.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm sure of it.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, and I will provide you with the numbers.

Foreign Affairs committee  I would just reiterate our ongoing concern regarding the conflict in Ethiopia. We have urged all parties to undertake a ceasefire and to negotiate for a political solution. We have made numerous statements and taken advocacy opportunities for humanitarian access. On this specific

Foreign Affairs committee  I can speak briefly about that, but that's really more the responsibility of the Minister of Foreign Affairs rather than the Minister of International Development. Certainly, I can say—and I think my colleagues will agree with me—that in all of our missions abroad and in all of o

Foreign Affairs committee  I will turn to Sandra McCardell on that, please.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll start with a couple of responses and then I'll turn to my colleague, who is responsible for Asia-Pacific. With respect to humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan, the resolution now permits it. Our greater challenge has been the Criminal Code issue. As a result, on the human

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for that question. I'll start by saying that the overall amount of funding to the Canada fund for local initiatives is $26.9 million this year. To answer your question, it is allocated at headquarters per mission, but heads of mission or ambassadors control how it is s

Foreign Affairs committee  I will start, and perhaps ask any colleague who may want to add something. The IDRC's total budget is $203 million. About $145 million or $150 million is allocated through Parliament. It does report through the Minister of International Development. It's a very impressive and in

Foreign Affairs committee  This is primarily the remit of the Minister of Finance, but I'll ask my colleague Caroline Leclerc to make a couple of remarks.

Foreign Affairs committee  Very quickly on the humanitarian assistance side, we just announced $100 million on Monday, so I do not expect anything on that front in the immediate future.

Foreign Affairs committee  As was noted, the government has committed a $5.3-billion climate finance package over five years, but I'll just review the results that were achieved over the previous five years. Briefly, over 222 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions were reduced or avoided, and 5.9 million p

Foreign Affairs committee  Certainly, consistent with the international assistance policy that puts gender equality at its heart, climate finance is no exception, and 80% of our projects will integrate gender equality in them.