Good afternoon and thank you for having us as part of this study on migration challenges and opportunities for Canada. I appreciate your opening remarks and the sense of the scope of the study.
My name is Matt de Vlieger. I'm the Director General of Strategic Policy at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. I'm joined today by Glen Linder. He's the Director General of International and Intergovernmental Relations. From our international network, we have the Director General, Mark Giralt. We also have Jean-Marc Gionet, who is the Senior Director of Refugee Operations. They're both well-positioned to answer questions you might have about our international operations and resettlement.
We'll keep our remarks brief, given the scope of your study is quite broad. I understand the questions you might have might come from various angles.
I'll turn to my colleague, Glen Linder, to first address some of the global migration trends. You've heard a little bit from UNHCR on that just now. I'll spend some time at the end on the implications and the opportunities these might present for Canada.