Thank you.
The purpose of the meeting today, of course, is to look at the letter on Afghanistan that this committee has had for quite some time. It's my pleasure to introduce this motion today. I'll read it out loud, Mr. Chair:
That regarding the draft letter concerning the government's response to the Final Report of the Special Committee on Afghanistan as sent to committee members on May 21, 2024, the paragraphs numbered 19, 20 and 23 be deemed adopted without amendment; that the letter and news release be then deemed adopted; that the chair be then instructed to transmit the letter to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship on the second business day following the adoption of this motion; that the chair then issue the news release on behalf of the committee immediately upon transmitting the letter to the minister; that the letter and the news release be then posted to the committee’s website; and that the study be then deemed concluded.
I'll explain why this is very important and why we need to get this moving as quickly as possible.
I've been on this committee since September, and we've been looking at this. I looked at how many meetings we've dedicated to this letter on Afghanistan, which has been shortened to a small letter only, and we've had 18 meetings, and that's being conservative as far as the amount of time we've devoted to it. It is a short letter, but let me read to you very quickly what—