My first question will be for both Mr. Aslund and Mr. Dem'ianiuk.
We heard from some of our previous witnesses at our previous committee hearing that if you're a Canadian company wanting to work in the Ukraine, there are—how shall we say this?—issues involving dealing with the government, dealing with the regulatory system, dealing with corruption, etc., throughout that part of the world. Having actually lived in Russia in a previous life, I understand some of the business dealings they're dealing with.
As some of the suggestions made today were about getting involved technologically with Ukraine to help them, be it for production or for energy efficiency, with that as a background, I have this question: does Ukraine currently have the infrastructure, political, legal, cultural, physical, etc., to absorb and use whatever technology Canada or other western countries would have, be it for producing more natural gas or be it for assisting them in transitioning to a more energy efficient sector? This is a problem: companies go in there, and they really don't want to deal with the business climate.
I see some other witnesses nodding their heads, but could the two witnesses who I asked start off? Then if we have a little more time, I may ask the other witnesses to comment.