Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, to you and the members of the committee, for having me on the committee today. It's a real honour to be here.
As the chair was just saying, I'd like to say to our witnesses before I ask my questions, that I am the chair of the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group, which is a group of members of Parliament of all parties.
MPs in our Parliament, as in your parliament, disagree on many things. In fact, in some cases it feels that perhaps we disagree on everything sometimes, but we are united on Ukraine so I want you to know that. I want to thank my colleagues of all parties for their unity and their strength and all that we're doing together to support the Ukrainian people.
Obviously the war in Ukraine is an existential crisis for Ukrainians. It's a humanitarian disaster with Russia committing genocide. The Canadian Parliament has proclaimed unanimous support for that declaration. It's a threat to global security and Canada's security, and it's of course a threat to the food supply around the world, as we've been discussing here today.
You and your people are not just fighting for Ukraine, but you're fighting for all of us, so we need to fight for you. Know that Canadian MPs of all parties are fighting for you.
I'd like to start by asking Ms. Bogonos a question, and I would ask you to be as brief as you can because I have a few other questions left.
What is the potential humanitarian impact of Russia's weaponization of the food supply? How bad could this be for the international community, for people around the world?