Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Mark, on behalf of all the committee members here, thank you to your organization as well as to all the privately sponsored refugee groups across the country, a majority of which have been responsible for providing private funds and private support to bring refugees to Canada. While there are always photo ops to take, kudos to you and to all the groups that have actually been making this happen on the ground.
My question relates to how the government can best protect vulnerable people in the Middle Eastern region as part of its refugee initiative. It's my understanding that under the previous government, Iraqi refugees were exempted under the mission cap for privately sponsored refugees. How has the cancellation of this exemption affected your organization's ability to bring some of the most vulnerable groups, including persecuted Christians and Yazidis, to Canada?