Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My recommendations for resolutions would be biometrics via contractor or subcontractor, perhaps not an NGO that's doing the evacuations but a third party, either inside Afghanistan or perhaps on a cruise ship at the port of Karachi in Pakistan, facilitating a floating humanitarian hub where you could do biometrics and then possibly....
The law changes, also, when you're in international maritime waters, and you could then sail to Canada as well, which would be economical.
I would recommend implementing similar immigration measures to those used for the Ukraine, or new, innovative ones, as what we've been doing hasn't been overly successful.
The one successful IRCC measure was the Canadian and U.S. co-operation on the safe passage to Canada for the 5,000 refugees who were evacuated and facilitated by the U.S.A. That has been a success. It would be my recommendation for the IRCC to gain another partnership with the U.S. Department of State, to perhaps do another 5,000 or 10,000, since that was a successful measure.
Airlift transportation is something that is accessible to Canada, through us with our NATO CAGE code, DUNS number and extensive past history. Rather than moving 200 to 300 a month, we are able to move 360 per week, according to our flight plan. That's 360 individuals a week, 1,440 per month, 17,000 per year.