I'd like to welcome everybody to meeting number seven of the Standing Committee of Foreign Affairs and International Development and, pursuant to the orders of the day and Standing Order 108(2), our briefing on the situation in Ukraine.
I want to take time to once again thank our officials from DFAIT for taking time out of their busy days to come and give us a quick briefing. We have with us Jillian Stirk, who is the assistant deputy minister, Europe, Eurasia, and Africa bureau.
Welcome, Jillian.
We also have with us Leigh Sarty, director of the institutions, policy and operations division.
Welcome to you as well.
I believe that one of you has an opening statement.
Jillian, why don't we turn the floor over to you? You know how it works here, so we'll let you get started and then we'll try to get in a couple of rounds of questions. Thank you once again for being here. We are going to turn it over to you now.