Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. I think I can complement that. I believe that you're looking for examples of ways we engage with other countries. I think a very good one is through our ambassador for women, peace and security. That mechanism is very effective at bringing the focus to conflict situat

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Could I please seek a clarification? Is this pertaining to the Afghanistan situation in August 2021, or is this a broader question?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I believe in my earlier answers I said that in general, when we're talking about a situation of evacuation of Canadian citizens, it's an emergency or crisis situation and there is quite a lot of diplomacy involved. What I mean by “diplomacy” is our interactions with other countri

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I apologize, but I'll just ask if the question can be repeated and if this is a question on reliance. I think I heard that word, but I am not sure.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  When I use the word “reliance”, what I am referring to is that we rely on our existing relationships; we rely on the networks that are established. As diplomats working for Canada abroad, we actually invest quite a lot of time and effort into establishing those networks and those

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. The government response was tabled, I think, in October 2022, and a number of items that Global Affairs Canada is responsible for have been worked on in the intervening times since that crisis. I can confirm that a number of reviews have taken place, including examining the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I believe this is very similar to a question asked earlier about the after-action review. I responded by saying that this review has been completed for Global Affairs Canada, and I am not aware of the status of the report or whether that can be shared. However, we will endeavour

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The question is whether our department had staff in Sudan, and I can confirm that we had a mission in Juba, South Sudan.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Like many Canadians, I've heard in the media.... I can confirm that yes, it's been reported that several of our diplomats have been evacuated.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm afraid the people who have been called as officials to this committee today are not the people who can respond to the question. We would like to be as helpful as possible, but we have not been involved in the response to this particular crisis, nor are we the geographic or se

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can offer a personal perspective. I have observed a number of volunteers coming forward and helping with the response to the current crisis. I've seen that we've set up our emergency watch and response centre, and in the geographic area where I am responsible, a number of peopl

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I obviously cannot comment on a matter before the courts in a legal challenge right now. Also, in accordance with the decision-making process, I will not comment on the way the determination was made to set targets. It is our job as officials to carry out the decisions of the gov

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I am afraid the ongoing situation we're living through at the moment is not something I can comment on, and I believe it's not the subject of our discussion today.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Global Affairs definitely conducted an after-action review, as is customary after any kind of emergency evacuation. It seems that we have been conducting after-action review after after-action review in the past few years, because there are so many competing global crises we have

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The emergency management program does create a report for internal use, yes.