Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Volkov, thank you so much for joining us today. We really appreciate your taking the time to have this conversation with us. May I express our full solidarity and ask you please to pass it on to Mr. Navalny.
A few days ago, I also had the opportunity to speak at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and to demand freedom for Alexei Navalny. I was very proud to do so on behalf of my colleagues. Canada, like other Western countries such as the United States and the countries of the European Union, has taken a number of measures along the lines you are asking, such as imposing sanctions against certain oligarchs funding the activities of Vladimir Putin. Canada has sanctioned nine prominent Russians.
Perhaps you or your organization could send us the names of other oligarchs whom the Government of Canada might sanction.
If the objective is to cut off the funds feeding the brutish Vladimir Putin, I feel that we really have to be specific with our actions and to be able to clearly identify those persons, as well as the reasons why they should be on the list.