Thank you, Minister.
I think in the opposition we agree with many of the words you've said. It's our job to challenge you, so we think there is some dissonance between the words and the actions.
I want to start by asking you a question about Ukraine.
The National Post obtained figures from your department which show that spending on election monitoring was over $8 million in the 2014-15 year. It's now under $700,000. As you know, Ukraine has elections next year. Why were there cuts to election monitoring?