Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
As a member of Parliament in Toronto who represents a large number of Ukrainian Canadian constituents, let me just say that they've been communicating with me extensively over the past six and a half years, but never more so than now. They've been indicating appreciation for some of the things that you just mentioned in terms of the efforts by Minister Joly, the Prime Minister and Minister Ng—things such as Operation Unifier, Operation Reassurance and the sanctions that we have imposed. They've also taken note of things such as the sovereign loan of $120 million that was provided about two weeks ago.
I want to pick it up there. It seems to me that there's some consistency between a sovereign loan to meet immediate economic needs and what we're trying to do with a new and modernized CUFTA.
I'm wondering if you could help us understand, as committee members, how a modernized CUFTA—that is, reopening what was already a successful document—helps to embrace some of that economic liberalization and economic empowerment, which, therefore, leads to a situation where Ukraine is reinforced in terms of its own sovereignty and security. Perhaps you could help us connect those two dots, please, Mr. Allen.