Thank you, Chair.
Thank you so much to all the witnesses for your testimony and, more importantly, for your work on the ground.
I appreciated the comments that were made with respect to the vital need for reform to the matching program. It is the intention of this committee to prepare a report following these hearings, and my hope is that the report will include a strong recommendation to the government to reform the way they do matching programs. As I mentioned previously, this is a problem we've seen in multiple different cases, and I think there are alternatives the government could be pursuing that would achieve the objectives it wants to achieve while also being fairer.
I want to put this question without asking anyone in particular, but just opening it up to whoever wants to answer. It's about the challenges around minority rights in Pakistan, and how we can ensure that development assistance is available to all communities and also that Canada is playing a constructive role in addressing threats to minorities.
I was very disturbed recently to read of the horrific incitement to violence against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community by one cleric in particular, who was calling for violence against pregnant women. We have other instances of violence and legal discrimination against Christians and various other minority communities.
Would any of you like to speak to the issue of how we can ensure equal access to development assistance for minorities in the context of Pakistan?