Thank you, Madam Chair.
Minister, thank you for appearing.
Two years ago, the government committed to bringing 40,000 Afghans to Canada. In addition, the government has always professed to view foreign policy through a feminist lens. Despite all of these things, the commitment was to bring 40,000 over, but only 27,000 have been brought over. The commitment was to view foreign policy through a feminist lens, but, in the passage of two years, many Afghans continue to languish in Afghanistan, particularly Afghans to whom we have a duty. Just several weeks ago, a former female Afghan lawmaker by the name of Mursal Nabizada was shot dead by gunmen in Kabul. Eight other women who are former Afghan lawmakers are still trapped in Afghanistan.
My question is simple. Will you commit to bringing these Afghan women here before they are killed?