Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I won't waste too much time except to say that I'm honoured to hear your testimony today and I thank you for being here and for your service to our nation.
Mr. Zahed, you said, “We were there with the Canadian missions, so don't leave us hopeless.” You also say that your expectations are that the government will be “faithful”, “truthful” and “respectful”, all of which I agree with.
I would add another word: “realistic”. When I hear the testimony of both you and Mr. Sayed, that's what I think is in part lacking here, which means, as you've said, that there must be other political reasons or reasons unknown to the Canadian public as to why there are delays and why the volume of process.
Mr. Zahed, I think you were talking about 33 pages of documents and now another 16 more. You haven't spoken to people in six weeks and yet you and your family have 30 days. What kind of access on the ground does your family have to computers, Internet and cellphones? How realistic is this to be asking them to fill out all this kind of paperwork where they are now?