Thank you, Chair. Thank you as well to the witnesses for your very compelling testimony.
Chair, I'm going to be splitting my time with Mr. Wrzesnewskyj.
I do have one specific question. We talk about sanctions a lot in this subcommittee, as they have impacts on the ground. When hundreds of thousands of people are facing food insecurity in conflict areas, what is the impact of these sanctions on those people? Is there a negative or positive impact?
Second, women and children, and women especially, often become the first targets in any conflict, as we've seen in this subcommittee. What has been the impact on women on the ground? What role can Canada play, given our very feminist international development policy? We talk about the political solutions for the long term, but what specifically can Canada do in the short term to help the hundreds of thousands of people on the ground right now with respect to humanitarian aid?