Afghanistan committee  I am aware that the public policies have been used to get internally displaced people to Canada. In fact, I have received a number of refugees based on public policies being administered.

Afghanistan committee  Absolutely. We should do it not only within Afghanistan, but in transit countries and here as well.

Afghanistan committee  Thank you very much for having me today. I'll give you a bit of background on what I'm about to say. I'm here from the Centre for Newcomers in Calgary. We're a large settlement organization with a dedicated refugee response and we have a team of people working on the Afghan res