Afghanistan committee  The Taliban represents the threat inasmuch as it has a fundamentalist ideology that is very anti-women's rights. It's also a very dangerous regime from an anti-terrorism perspective. The other thing that's important to keep in mind is that it's a volatile and dangerous situation

Afghanistan committee  It's a very complicated question. We work very closely with Five Eyes partners and a range of other intelligence partners that monitor specifically those situations and provide ongoing reporting. As to whether or not the Taliban is likely to become a safe haven, I think is going

Afghanistan committee  I would suggest that is a question for military intelligence. The degree to which they were in a position to overtake the country was something that took, I think, everybody by surprise. On the timing, certainly ADM Thoppil may have more to say about this. The speed with which

Afghanistan committee  Can I just ask you to clarify your question, please?

Afghanistan committee  Okay, sorry. I just want to know if you mean the risk to Canada of bringing refugees out?

Afghanistan committee  I think it's very important. This is sort of IRCC's field, but let's make sure that we screen carefully and that we provide protection to those who require it, and that we maintain a focus on the national security needs as well.

Afghanistan committee  All I can tell you is that we depend on the advice of experts on the ground and of Canadian experts. They have told us that the situation has remained dangerous and unstable, and that it was evolving rapidly. I know that NGOs are operating, but, according to what we know and the

Afghanistan committee  I will ask the assistant deputy minister, Mr. Thoppil, to answer that question concerning our department's position on a geographic region. I prefer that he answer you.

Afghanistan committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Unfortunately, this is an area that I would prefer to direct to the geographic. From a counterterrorism perspective, we were not focused on the status of any governments and we were not focused on the particular plight of Kabul as much as the patt

Afghanistan committee  IRCC is a key stakeholder and partner and interlocutor for Stephen Salewicz's section of the department, which does humanitarian assistance. We don't use the international Red Cross as an intelligence connection at all. That would not be appropriate.

Afghanistan committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. As far as the screening procedures and Afghans coming to Canada are concerned, those questions.... I apologize that my answer appears to be evasive. It's not my intention at all. Those are questions that need to be directed to IRCC, which has the

Afghanistan committee  I want simply to add that we continue to live in full respect of the Canadian law that is currently in place, and we are providing as much support as we possibly can to the people of Afghanistan through appropriate channels, managed in the international community.

Afghanistan committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, we tried to maintain vigilance of a range of terrorist and violent extremist organizations worldwide, not just in Central Asia and the Middle East but also in North America, Europe and other parts of the world.

Afghanistan committee  It's an interesting question, and I am going to answer it to the best of my ability. As we track the Taliban, from my perspective and from my position, we're looking at it from a policy perspective, and we're engaging across a range of multilateral platforms with Five Eyes partne

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We're very committed to making sure that this amendment does two things at once. One is to protect the integrity of the Criminal Code. The intention of that is to prevent terrorist financing. The second thing is for it to have an enabling function. We don't want that first object