Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much for being with us, Minister. I would also like to thank everyone who is working with you. Thank you for what you have been doing for several weeks to support Ukraine.
You will recall that in one discussion, I said that if Russia attacked Ukraine, there would be no daylight between you and us when it came to the reaction and the determination with which we must face this aggression.
I again offer you my collaboration and I reiterate that I do not think of myself as the Bloc Québécois foreign affairs "critic", but rather as my party's spokesperson on this subject. We have therefore supported all of the sanctions that have been ordered to date. We are pleased to see the sanctions announced today. We have even called for more sanctions against the oligarchs who have interests in Canadian companies. I named some of them in the debate on the motion by our colleague Michael Chong. I note that some of those oligarchs remain untouched by the Canadian sanctions. Even more concerning, TVA Nouvelles reported on March 17 that no Russian assets had yet been seized in Canada.
Minister, I would like us to impose more sanctions, but if sanctions have no effect, what purpose do they serve, other than simply to express an intention, but an intention that does not come with any action?