Mr. Chair, my colleague raises a very important issue.
The situation in Afghanistan is truly complex. There is a terrorist organization there to which the Criminal Code applies because it poses significant risks to Afghans. If no security system is in place, that creates many opportunities to divert or use Canadian government funds to finance terrorist activities.
We don't want that to happen. That's why we have come up with a mechanism that protects the integrity of the program and the authorization process, but still retains the flexibility to provide all the assistance people need on the ground.