Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for your question. The Hazaras have been specifically targeted by the Islamic State. The Taliban did not protect them. Yet, the Taliban had indicated that they could protect Hazara communities, but so far they have not done so. The attacks on Hazara communities have be

Citizenship and Immigration committee  To my knowledge, there have been no targeted attacks. That said, there is no support or protection, but there should be.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Canada is very much among the international donors as well as a part of the special representative and special envoys group and the discussions that take place. We have our special representative based in Doha, where about 17 or 18 other counterparts are based. They meet regularl

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the question. The issue of women's and girls' rights and minority rights is a deeply distressing one, as the minister mentioned during the previous session. The Taliban have been very systematic and continue to be very systematic about their erosion of all rights a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Since the fall of Kabul in August 2021, Canada has been an integral part of the conversation within the international community in terms of how we respond, whether it's our diplomatic engagement, international assistance or humanitarian assistance. That's meant from the leadershi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. That question is really best placed for IRCC to respond. As far as we are aware, yes, there will have been some individuals. That is part of the very extensive conversations we have with the Government of Pakistan to work collaboratively with

Foreign Affairs committee  Health is fundamental to our development assistance program currently. It's an integral part of any humanitarian response, and it's also going to be integral to the assessments that are under way currently. They are always, for Canada and for the UN, done through a very clear gen

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Any agreement we have with any implementing partner is very rigorously drawn out and negotiated in many respects. It always includes those kinds of gender qualifications, among others. Built into that are also strong monitoring mechanisms, whether

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. In the immediate response, the Government of Pakistan was extremely well equipped and they did not ask for any immediate international assistance such as DART. When DART is deployed, it's always based on a request for assistance. In this case, t

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, to that, I can simply add that Pakistan has three approved green climate fund projects, for a total of $120 million U.S. in financing focused on flood risk reduction.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm not aware of any applications, but I do know that Pakistan is eligible to apply for those funds. It is definitely one of the countries identified in the top rank eligible in line, in part because of their climate vulnerability.

Foreign Affairs committee  It did, to quite a significant degree. As the opening remarks commented, the increased rainfall was significantly above what has been experienced in the past, and it's increasing. That is also accompanied by the Himalayan glaciers melting, so it's also adding to the downflow. Bec

Foreign Affairs committee  That question is going to be a huge challenge for international communities, because of the scale of it. As we noted in the opening remarks, the needs assessment is still being undertaken, and we're all awaiting that eagerly. It's being done in close collaboration, review, and fi