We will now resume the 21st meeting of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.
Thank you to our three witnesses for being here with us this afternoon.
We are pleased to welcome you.
For this second half of the meeting, we will have:
From Greater Vancouver Counselling and Education Society for Families, we have Poran Poregbal, founder, executive director, and therapist. Welcome.
From Herizon House Women's Shelter, Laila Fakhri, crisis intervention counsellor, is here. Welcome.
Also from Afghan Women's Organization, we have Adeena Niazi, executive director. Thank you very much.
As I said before, I'm sorry that it's the second time we have had to invite you, but it's a pleasure that you accepted our invitation.
We'll start right away with eight-minute opening remarks.
We'll start with Madame Poregbal, please. You have the floor.