Minister, we've heard testimony in this committee that, in fact, there was Canadian intelligence on the ground for months before who were informing our embassy and this government as to the movement of the Taliban and what was happening, yet we also heard testimony from the ambassador that it all seemed to happen within a day or two.
There's conflicting testimony at this committee, but anyone watching the Taliban's movements would have seen them on the move. Certainly people in the official opposition and veterans were telling your government, “This is happening, and we have to get these people out.”
We seemed completely ill prepared, and now we're in a situation where your department—now you are the minister—seems to expect these allies and their families to apply online for any amount of assistance. How do you expect them to do that when the Taliban is in control of the country? They can't just go to an Internet café. They can't use cellphones or computers because they're being hunted down.