Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and honourable members. I am grateful for the opportunity to come and address this committee today. My name is Matthew Barber. I am a Ph.D. student studying Islamic thought and Middle Eastern history at the University of Chicago. I had done researc

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have submitted a detailed handout with my recommendations and suggestions.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's being translated into French, I understand, so it supposedly on Friday will become available to the members.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The Yazidi community has been extremely consistent over the last close to three and a half years since the genocide about what they want. They're very unified in this. They want a self-governed, local administration within the Sinjar region that would provide the Yazidis from tha

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I won't answer—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I haven't followed the situation in Canada very closely, but I saw the number $25 million floated as being reserved for resettlement. With money like that, you could rebuild several towns.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It was some kind of budgetary allotment that I saw.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  With a small amount of money, you can rebuild many homes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I would. And I wasn't suggesting that this amount be used for reconstruction in Sinjar.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I was drawing a comparison between how much that same amount could be effectively used for reconstruction.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Most definitely—and not just a study of the past, but a look at what can be done in the future.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not sure I would leave that in the UN's hands. I would recommend that Canada directly engage with the community in Sinjar and conduct its own study on what kind of action it can pursue.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Former—