Thank you so much, Chair.
To our witnesses here today, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your service to Canada. We could not have done what we did in Afghanistan without your service, and so I want to recognize that.
I was born and raised in Canada. All my family is here with me. I cannot imagine the heartbreak and uncertainty you're going through right now. I'm not even going to pretend to understand that because I can't begin to know the heartbreak you are feeling.
Mr. Faizi, you mentioned that not all of your family could afford to get to Pakistan. I had a question about that because we've had previous witnesses talk about the challenges of actually leaving Afghanistan and getting into Pakistan. I wonder if you could clarify this. Is it strictly a financial issue, or are there issues with the Pakistani government and requirements to actually get into Pakistan? I'm trying to clarify what we can do to support those people to get to Pakistan.