I own two restaurants and I have over 30 people working for me right now. So I'm one of the lucky ones, I'd say, because not many refugees can become successful in a lot of places around Canada, especially in Saskatchewan. But I have always fought for more refugees to come to Saskatchewan because the province of Saskatchewan needed more people. Besides, I have a restaurant in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, and we always struggle to find people to work, so we always wonder why we don't have more people in this province.
Right now, the situation of Iraq is really out of hand. There are over two million refugees out of Iraq right now between Syria, Turkey, and Jordan. We have the facts, we have the numbers. We're working with a lot of private sponsorships, and with a lot of churches as well.
What I'm asking is this. I would like the committee to consider a special program for Iraqi refugees. They are out of Iraq with no homes.
Again, I'd like to thank you for inviting us here to represent Iraqi refugees who are out of Iraq right now, and especially Christians—they are really a minority of the people in Iraq.
Thank you.