Michael Chong at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On February 3rd, 2022. See this statement in context.

February 3rd, 2022 / 3:50 p.m.

Conservative

Michael Chong Conservative Wellington—Halton Hills, ON

I'll just make a quick comment.

There seems to be an incongruity between the government's stated policy of not sending lethal defensive weaponry to Ukraine and at the same time the minister openly and publicly calling for Ukraine's ascension to NATO. The essence of the NATO alliance, the heart of the treaty, is that member states are to come to the military aid and defence of fellow NATO members. Those two things seem to be incongruous.

Thank you.

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