Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First, I want to thank Mr. Zahed and Mr. Sayed for their incredible service to Canada. I also want to thank Ms. Reddy for the work she does on the ground.
I asked the previous panel's witnesses about the double standard we are currently seeing in response to humanitarian crises around the world. I'm grateful to Mr. O'Toole for asking questions about this earlier, reminding us of what was done in the past. It was very important that he point that out.
I'm interested in what's being done now compared to what's been done in response to other humanitarian crises. IRCC is responding differently to the crisis in Ukraine than it has to the crisis in Afghanistan. Similarly, IRCC's response to the crisis in Afghanistan differs from its response to the crisis in Syria in 2015. I recall that IRCC had allowed Syrians to provide their biometric data upon arrival in Canada, which saved a lot of time for people who were fleeing Syria. This data was collected by border services officers, and their union actually mentioned that these officers could help out with the current crisis in Ukraine.
Is there a double standard when it comes to the crisis in Afghanistan compared to other humanitarian crises around the world?
I'd like Mr. Sayed to respond first. Then I will go to the other two witnesses.