Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I wish to speak to the matter regarding the situation in Afghanistan, actually, and my concern with regard to the broad term “entity”. This is because the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration created a public policy a while ago to enable Afghan interpreters and other Afghans--who are risking their lives over there to assist Canadian Forces--to come to Canada. They're not coming necessarily as refugees as a public policy under section 25 of the act. Because of the danger over there, we do not have visa officers processing applications, and we've entered into a contract with the IOM, the International Organization of Migration. So they're the entity that will advise and assist the Afghan nationals in Afghanistan who are assisting our forces. I'm concerned that we would not have the flexibility to enter into arrangements with organizations such as this in tenuous or difficult war-like situations, or other situations, should this proposal or amendment be passed.