National Defence committee  Thank you. Indeed, the top priorities that I've mentioned are the ones that we are also discussing with the Canadian government. Of course, these are the armoured vehicles, artillery shells, drones and the electronic warfare system. Also very important, and part of the support that we are really grateful for, are the training programs.

National Defence committee  For this question, I think the discussion needs to be about the specifics, meaning what kinds of weapons need to be installed and what level of protection they give. The third important thing is the readiness for maintenance and the spare parts of the armoured vehicles, whether they're new ones or the decommissioned ones.

National Defence committee  Thank you, honourable Chair and honourable members of the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to address you today. I'm addressing you from Kyiv, Ukraine, where just an hour ago there was another alarm. Sirens were loud in many regions of the country. Today we faced a big cyber-attack on the biggest mobile operator.

International Trade committee  Once again I want to reiterate that I'm not an expert in how the free trade agreement is structured, but I would say that the important approach towards Ukraine's rebuilding is in the development and the work in the different sectors. As you mentioned, around $411 billion of damages covers a lot of sectors.

International Trade committee  Thank you. Indeed, that's another chapter that will help and that will have an impact not only on trade. The agreement in the chapter recognizes the importance of promoting women's rights and gender equality, including in business, in small and medium-sized businesses, and trade.

International Trade committee  Thank you. Indeed, it's an important new chapter in our agreement. Ukraine, like Canada, has a strong presence of indigenous people. For us, they are the Crimean Tatars, and they have been significantly oppressed for many years, including since Russia's illegal occupation of Crimea in 2014.

International Trade committee  Thank you. Really, Ukraine has done a lot, before and during the war, to increase transparency and accountability, and to demonstrate to partners that this is one of the important things in Ukraine's reform path. All the major points of Ukraine's policy towards building transparency have been committed, which was acknowledged by the International Monetary Fund.

International Trade committee  Thank you. Indeed, energy infrastructure, IT and also the agri-sector are those sectors where the co-operation needs to be, and we are working to build this co-operation. For the specific areas and the specific projects to work, I think the modernized CUFTA lays the broad ground for building up specific co-operation in areas of mutual interest, both for Canadian companies and for Ukrainian rebuilding efforts.

International Trade committee  Thank you. I think, if we look back to February 24 last year, the prediction of Ukraine's economy was very hard to do, even by the brightest economic minds all over the world. When we saw the estimates of how the Ukrainian economy would perform in the spring of last year, many of them were too pessimistic.

International Trade committee  Yes, indeed. Developing a diverse energy package, which, of course, includes a big focus on renewable energy, was Ukraine's strategy both before the full-scale invasion and during it. Wind and solar power, together with hydro power, are significant parts of the Ukrainian energy mix.

International Trade committee  Thank you. It's a very important question for companies in both Ukraine and Canada. Ukraine is looking forward to providing instruments for investment protection, in order to de-risk or minimize the risks for companies investing in Ukraine. That's why it's important that this chapter was renovated.

International Trade committee  Indeed, Ukraine is also tirelessly working on the economic front and on trade. Since the start of the Russian full-scale invasion, Ukraine has already signed a digital trade agreement with the United Kingdom. We started negotiations to modernize our free trade agreement with the non-EU states, EFTA.

International Trade committee  Thank you. We will follow up on this question. I am not in a position to answer it now.

International Trade committee  Unfortunately, the scope of the damage in infrastructure is so high that I can definitely say that each sector of infrastructure will require rebuilding, whether it's railways, the grids, the roads or telecommunication. Of course, as Ukraine's approach to rebuilding is building better, Ukraine will be looking for strong partners with the best technologies, because nobody will rebuild the old-style, inefficient infrastructure.

International Trade committee  The exact figure of our estimates for the infrastructure, specifically the infrastructure damages, I will forward you as a follow-up to this meeting—to be very precise on the exact figure.