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  First of all, I think the recommendations made by the Special Committee on Afghanistan identify a number of the actual practical steps that need to be implemented, but in addition to that, I have to say that when Mursal Nabizada was murdered on January 15, I actually thought that

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It was from me, actually. I wrote it myself. I mean that I wrote the email.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not responsible for the wording that Global Affairs put into that letter. Let me be very clear. I am not responsible for the content of that. The letter—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Let me finish, please. The letter was provided to facilitate—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —getting into HKIA.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The only change, as I stated previously, was to remove “Canadian citizens”.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I did not at the time.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That was my understanding.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Women, athletes, many of them—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, of course. I was working with a feminist network.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I did not, but—