I only have a bit of time. My point is that there were months of preparation when things could have been done, but nothing was done.
There was an election. We will hear from your side that an election was important enough to abandon the people from Kabul. We know that some of the decisions made by IRCC cost people's lives. They were sent to the wrong gates at Kabul airport. They were told to wear red and they were targeted by the Taliban. To say that it was an important election, I would wholeheartedly disagree and many Canadians would too.
The fact is and the reason I'm raising this is that we don't want this to happen again. This crisis that happened in Afghanistan highlighted the fact that IRCC, under the Liberal government, cannot do two things at once. It cannot do everyday business. We saw that because our MPs' offices were shut out from making any types of inquiries because of the election. All of the resources were being pumped into Afghanistan. That's what we know. Every MP can attest that we could not make regular, everyday inquiries during that time. It's because a selfish election was called.
Again, your government had months to prepare. Was any plan made between January 2021 and July 2021? Was any step taken in between that time?