It's actually Vladimir Putin, because not only has Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, but he will invade other countries if the Ukrainians don't win. We will be the next ones. It will be our soldiers fighting next, defending us against Russian aggression along with the Europeans and the Americans. Every dollar we spend now to help Ukraine is millions of dollars less that we spend in the future. Every Ukrainian fighting on the front line right now is one less Canadian who will have to fight in the future.
But do you know what the Conservatives opposite, who talk about dictators, do? They play into their hands. They vote against every single thing that we have tried to do to support Ukraine. By the way, one of the things that Mr. Davies mentioned is how this ridiculous waste of time that the Conservatives have perpetrated in this committee is delaying the process of this committee in getting to the budget, which actually has $2.4 billion in support for the Ukrainians.
Maybe the Conservatives—instead of playing into Vladimir Putin's hands all the time by voting against weapons, voting against Operation Unifier, voting against free trade with Ukraine, voting against financial support for people who are fleeing the war and have come here to Canada, and calling Ukraine a “faraway foreign land” but then claiming they care about dictators—should actually vote in support of Ukraine to help them win the war. Ukrainians are on the front line, not only fighting for themselves but also fighting for us.
We've had enough hypocrisy, enough talk and enough nonsense at this committee. Let's get back to work and pass this legislation, because that's what Canadians need.
Thank you.