Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to Mr. Beauregard, Mr. Guilbeault, Mr. Akhavan, Mr. Panossian and Ms. Cloutier for being here this morning. It is a pleasure to have you here with us. First of all, I would like to thank you for the excellent work that you do internationally as well as the fine documents that you always provide to our committee in both official languages. That is greatly appreciated.
I took a quick look at the records that you gave us. Among the country records, there is one on Afghanistan. You are well aware that Canada's presence in Afghanistan is quite considerable and that it is one of the priorities of this government and the Parliament of Canada. A lot is currently being said about our military mission, but we hear very little about the social mission we are conducting in Afghanistan.
Following the military withdrawal next year from Afghanistan, how do you see Rights and Democracy's presence in that country? Mr. Guilbeault said that you receive $9.2 million in government funding. What portion of that amount is committed in Afghanistan? If you were to receive additional funds for Afghanistan, could you do a whole lot more than what you are currently doing there?