Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for providing important testimony detailing some of the egregious crimes that are being committed and have been committed by the Putin regime.
Seeing the deliberate targeting of civilians, the targeting of schools and hospitals and other civilian infrastructure, it is clear that these are not the actions of a few rogue soldiers, but as the witnesses said, part of a systematic campaign by the Putin regime. In that regard, I commend Mr. Oliphant in outlining the Government of Canada's position of removing the word “alleged” and calling these crimes what they are, which is war crimes.
Today, the U.S. and the U.K. called on Russia to be suspended from the UN Human Rights Council. Is that something you believe would be a small but important step if Canada were to join with the U.S. in that regard?