When a Head of State commits $3-5 billion to a cause you have spent a decade advocating for, it's right (and polite) to saythankyou. It was atruly astonishing announcement. Even Prime Minister Stephen Harper's ministers were caught unawares. I sat in a parallel session during the second day of Canada's Saving Every Woman Every Child Summit, held in Toronto last week. The 90-minute discussion on health information systems opened with a speech by Chris Alexander, Harper's thoughtful Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. Towards the end of a panel debate, a hand-written note was hastily passed to me. It read: "At the end of the panel, can you please call Cdn Citizenship + Immigration Minister Chris Alexander back to the podium—he will be announcing something on behalf of Cda's Prime Minister. Will take 2 min.
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