I would add to Mr. Levin's comments that it's not DND/CAF's position to issue a policy on whether the imagery should be released or not; that's a Government of Canada decision. Clearly in this case with Radarsat-2, I think it's important to point out that Radarsat-2 is a commercially owned enterprise, as many folks know. Mr. Garneau, of course, knows the best. The imagery that is provided is provided by the Government of Canada. The Government of Ukraine clearly has a stake in whether that imagery should be released for any reason whatsoever. Our position is that it's released for their situational awareness primarily and is not to be used for any other avenue. I think the decision as to how any imagery like that, along with other types of imagery or intelligence, could be used to validate what we perceive and believe Russia is in fact doing to perpetuate this conflict really has to be taken at a much higher policy level.
On April 21st, 2015. See this statement in context.