Afghanistan committee  I would add very quickly that we met daily, and of course in the emergency watch and response centre, where we had our teams, we had IRCC and DND embedded with us. The week of the evacuation was a huge operation. On the 25th, for example, we had almost 250 staff surged in there

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. We're working very closely with all of our like-minded countries, particularly the Five Eyes, to ensure that movement across that border is seamless for everyone who is entitled to leave. Certainly, we'll continue to do that to support exit

Foreign Affairs committee  We've seen a surge in our calls. There's been a significant number of calls. Right now we have 1,045 Canadians registered on our formal ROCA, our registration of Canadians abroad. This number is likely low, because this is a voluntary registration. Certainly we are there. We are

Foreign Affairs committee  I would have to refer that question to my colleague at IRCC, but we are ready to support Canadians.

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I can answer this from a consular perspective, which will deal with some of the request but not all of it, obviously. We are providing consular services to Canadian citizens, permanent residents and their dependants, or their immediate family members. Our embassies in

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair, we recently elevated our global travel advisory to the highest level to inform Canadians to avoid all travel to Ukraine. We are urging Canadians to leave due to ongoing Russian threats and the risk of armed conflict. A really critical element of our planni

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, the honourable member is correct. In January we did approve the departure of diplomatic dependants and non-essential employees. That said, we have also added some consular security and emergency operations staff to the mission to be able to bolster our capacity to prov