Citizenship and Immigration committee  It was not “somebody”. It was the chief of staff to the Minister of National Defence.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I do understand that. They were issued by Global Affairs.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I conveyed them. I received them from the chief of staff to the Minister of National Defence, and I conveyed them to trusted advocates who helped women get out and lives were saved.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We had a rolling list of names and, as much as we could, we put those.... They wrote back and said they were in the system.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's correct.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Are these women a danger to soldiers? Do you want to help me understand that?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, I didn't say that. I said the trusted advocates I was working with knew these women.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I didn't determine that. I was doing what I could with the resources I had.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I wouldn't put it that way. I would say that there were a number of impacts.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Overall, I think governments of democracies failed a great deal of the time in trying to respond to this crisis. I think leaders in civil society picked up a lot that governments dropped and were not able to do at all or perhaps do well. My short answer is that I wouldn't necess

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. There were numerous conversations and numerous communications, and in particular with Olga Radchenko, the director of policy at IRCC, and in particular around mid-September, when many of the women, some of whom are still languishing in Albania, had been airlifted by FIFA, an

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's Laura Robinson.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. This is essentially a promise. The minister's mandate letter says “at least 40,000”. It does not say, “Stop at 40,000.” You've made some very powerful points on this, and I agree with you completely.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, sir. I'm sorry, but my experience of what was actually happening, as opposed to the theory of maybe what should happen, was that many of the people being given the letters based on the template from Global Affairs, whether they were getting it from IRCC or Global Affairs or

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sir, you can't hold me responsible for the contents of letters that were prepared by the Government of Canada. The content was the content, and it came, in my case.... I was assured that it came from Global Affairs. It had Global Affairs' insignia. It has exactly the same wordin