Mr. Chair, I have a point of order. Yesterday we received a very troubling letter from United Tegaru Canada regarding some of the witnesses scheduled to be at today's meeting.
I wrote to you, but I did not receive a response. I asked you to cancel today's session so that we, as a committee, could discuss our witness lists. However, we are here now, so I'm raising this point of order publicly. The details in the letter we received are alarming. It is extremely problematic that our committee might give platform to individuals or organizations that are publicly circulating concerning remarks about Tigrayans, which in some cases may even amount to hate speech.
Our committee has the responsibility to provide a safe environment to all witnesses who are invited to testify. I do not believe we have met that standard today, and this is deeply troubling to me.