Thank you, Madam Chair.
I want to pick up where I left off. We're talking about the most vulnerable and targeted Afghans who were left behind—those who served with the Canadian Armed Forces. They empowered us. They enabled us. They kept us safe. They worked with our provincial reconstruction teams, and they were more than just local contractors. They became part of the family, and our veterans and those who are currently serving care deeply about them.
We know that you're coming up on the 18,000 limit. We know that the goal is to get to 40,000, and there are a lot of Afghans easily reached as refugees who are already out of harm's way. I think what Canadians want to know, what members of the armed forces want to know and what our veterans who served alongside them—many of whom are suffering greatly because they're still in contact with them—want to know is when we are going to invite the rest of those who have been vetted and accepted to join us here in Canada.