Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here and, more importantly, for the important work you are doing in this crisis situation and the important work you do at all times, helping some of the most vulnerable people around the world.
I want to just start by underlining our party's support for more inclusive matching programs. This has been a consistent ask. Our preference is that the government try to be as inclusive as possible in its approach to the matching programs so as to not, in effect, deter donations to smaller organizations. Certainly a matching program for the Humanitarian Coalition as a whole would be much preferable to a matching program involving the Red Cross only.
That concern is reflected in the report that was tabled today on our findings related to the response to the earthquake in Pakistan.
Thank you to all of you for being here. I want to start with a question for CNEWA and Islamic Relief.
Could you both share a little bit about the particular impacts of this crisis situation on religious and ethnic minority communities, people who may already face various kinds of challenges and people who are displaced as well?
Maybe we will start with CNEWA and then go Islamic Relief.