Mr. Chair, I am very disappointed that Dr. Farr had to leave us because I would like to have asked him about his thoughts on training for our diplomats. He said that the money in the office of religious freedom should be spent on helping our diplomats. I would like to know how, who, and what he thinks would be the things on which they need to be trained, and with what. He used the word “linchpin”. I used that word on Tuesday when we had our witnesses here. Our witness said that the linchpin issue was security, solving the security problem in Iraq. I would love to have had the opportunity to discuss this with him.
Here are my questions for our other witnesses.
Bishop, you talked about the churches that are supporting the creation of a safe zone. I wonder if you could tell us a little bit more about that. Is it respected? Is humanitarian assistance getting in there? Canada has been one of the largest contributors to humanitarian assistance. We have spent something in the neighbourhood of $362 million to date on the situation in Iraq and Syria. We've been generous contributors, but the real question is, is it getting to the people? Are these safe zones being respected?