Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thanks to everyone for being here with us today. We greatly appreciate it.
In the Bloc Québécois, we have identified two factors going forward. I understand that Kabul has fallen. What is of considerable interest to us in the Bloc Québécois is what we are doing now, what we can do in the future, and what lessons have been learned from what happened when Kabul fell.
You said that you have had a lot of bilateral discussions with the Department of Citizenship and Immigration. You had no choice; you were in the middle of the crisis. One of the recommendations made by the Special Committee on Afghanistan called on the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to create a standing emergency system, an emergency mechanism whose buttons could be pushed quickly when an international crisis arises, be it an armed conflict or a natural disaster like the earthquake in Haiti, for example. The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship has appeared before this committee several times. He said he had instructed his officials to create this kind of mechanism at IRCC eventually. I think you already have one at Global Affairs Canada.
Do you think it is a good idea to create this kind of mechanism?