Good morning, Minister Sajjan. It's nice to have you here. I'd like to thank you and your assembled team for your important work and your service to our nation.
I would like to start by asking about Operation Impact, our effort in Iraq and Syria. It's a topic of great interest to me. I've spent a significant amount of time on the ground in Iraq. More importantly, it's a topic of interest to all members of this committee and increasingly to residents of our constituencies. In Mississauga—Lakeshore, my riding, people ask me quite regularly for updates on the effort that our women and men are engaged in on the ground.
I must say that I'm quite proud of the work that Canada is doing to help Iraq and Syria find their way forward, and equally important, to help those people who are displaced by this prolonged conflict. There's an overall commitment of $375 million, and that includes the Global Affairs component, and our component for DND is just over $140 million.
I'm wondering, Minister, if you could start by giving us an update on how things are going at the moment on the ground in Iraq and Syria, how Operation Impact is unfolding.
I have a few more specific questions after that as well.