Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a), Global Affairs Canada participated, along with other implicated government departments, in a whole-of-government review of the Afghanistan emergency response. This exercise was led by Privy Council Office from October 2021. Global Affairs Canada conducted a complementary internal after-action review, or lessons learned exercise, for activities falling within the department’s mandate.
With regard to (b), internal lessons learned began to be captured as early as October 2021. Once finalized, the findings will be shared with Global Affairs Canada’s senior management. The intent of this process is to improve existing emergency management processes and procedures for future responses.
With regard to (c), recommendations will be shared with relevant stakeholders within Global Affairs Canada in due course.