Thank you so much. I'm really grateful.
On what I would like to ask for, IRCC needs to pay urgent attention to the files of my colleagues and to issue them case numbers as soon as it is possible. Then we will see how, we ourselves, with the support that I have gathered in Canada, can find ways to support the Canadian government to bring them to safety from Afghanistan. I think that's the very first thing that I would be asking for.
Second, I think the number of visas is limited to some 18,000. I think that is unfair. The way the expectation was given to those people was that they had an enduring relationship with the Government of Canada. That number needs to be increased as much as possible. We thought that of the initial 40,000, at least 35,000 visas or something like that would be given to those who had enduring relationships with the Government of Canada, and then the remaining visas could be provided on humanitarian grounds, but right now we are seeing that only 18,000 are provided to people who have this relationship with the Government of Canada.
We are seeing that people are brought in from different cases, but they're counted under this 40,000. Again, I think that is unfair. That needs to stop, and we need to take immediate action to make sure that we really bring to safety those people who are in danger in Afghanistan just because of their relationship and services to the Government of Canada.
Thank you, sir.