Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, there is some level of danger, but it has been done before. That's why we need the government's assistance in figuring out how best to do this so it's done safely and efficiently.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you so much.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Since Manmeet's passing, the urgency of this within the Sikh community has only become exponential. He had a running list of people who were willing to take on private sponsorship when he was personally working on this project, and that list continues to grow. There are people wh

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would reiterate what Mr. Balpreet Singh has said. When it comes to the actual funding for the study, our hope is that the government assists us in figuring out how we can do the study. If money is the issue in terms of our having to wait for the study, I am very confident in sa

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Privately sponsored refugees.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Certainly, private sponsorship is what we're looking at, but an expedited way of being able to do that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I think that speaks to what I was saying in my statement. I fully respect the bureaucratic process, but certainly there's a way to expedite it and there's a way to make sure that it is efficient.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. It's been done before, and I'd like to see it done with the Sikh community now; that they be able to come directly to Canada from Afghanistan.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. You asked what the wish list would be. If I could speak quite openly, the wish list would be that we get assistance from the government, whether in the form of NGOs or other government services, on the ground in Afghanistan so that we can make an accurate list of the number

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, great question. I think the challenges are diverse but they all wrap around the fact that their fundamental needs while they were in Afghanistan were challenging for them to meet. I have stories from people who lived there who said that performing funeral rites was out of

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good evening to the members of the committee as well as to my fellow panel attendees. In the simplest of terms, I am here today because the person who should be speaking to you about this is no longer with us. My name is Tarjinder Bhullar. I am the sister of Manmeet Singh Bhulla