Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I do want to thank Mr. Beasley for being with us today. I always feel hopeful after these conversations, and I find it fascinating that you're sharing such difficult stories with us, yet I feel there is hope and there are things that we can do and ways we can all work together to solve some of these crises we're hearing about.
I'm thankful to my colleagues for asking many question about what's happening in Ukraine. Of course, that is a pressing issue for us right now, but you said during your testimony that our focus on the east means that we cannot lose focus on what's happening in the south and in other countries.
I'm seized by the idea that Afghanistan.... We were talking in the House of Commons just six months ago about the humanitarian crisis facing Afghanistan, with 23 million people at risk of starvation in that country.
I'm wondering whether you can talk a little more about what is happening in Afghanistan, what Canada can do to help, and perhaps some of the impacts on some of the Criminal Code barriers that have been put in place that need to be removed if we can be as effective as possible.