Thank you, Mr. Chair. As you mentioned, I'll be sharing my time with Mr. Sopuck.
Good morning, Ms. Stirk. It's good to see you again. Thank you for being here.
I think all Canadians are very concerned with recent events in the Ukraine. As Mr. LeBlanc pointed out, all parties here have expressed that concern in the take note debate that we had in Parliament on Tuesday evening.
We're concerned about the apparently political motivated arrest, imprisonment, and prosecution of Ms. Tymoshenko. A number of people in the media and people elsewhere across the country have suggested that perhaps Canada might offer Mrs. Tymoshenko asylum or honorary citizenship as a way of demonstrating Canada's significant concern. What would your comment be on that?