Thank you, Madam Chair.
I have submitted to the clerk the following motion, which I will read. It will be distributed in both official languages.
I move that:
Whereas Canada is not imposing a price on pollution on Ukraine;
Whereas Ukraine already has a carbon pricing system;
Whereas Ukraine is a sovereign nation and, via President Zelenskyy, has signed the modernized Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement;
Therefore, the Standing Committee on International Trade supports Bill C-57, the 2023 Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act.
Madam Chair, as I motivate this, I want to draw it to everyone's attention. There has been a lot said here. Ukraine has had a price on pollution for well over a decade, since 2011. Ukraine is fighting this illegal, unjust invasion by Russia. They're fighting for their people today. They're fighting for their children tomorrow. At the same time, President Zelenskyy came here and signed this CUFTA agreement, which has a price on pollution that fights climate change. It fights climate change today. It fights climate change for the children of Ukraine and the children of the world. Canada stands with Ukraine. We ought to stand with them.
That is why this motion is tremendously important. It demonstrates, underlines and highlights the importance of the fight against climate change and—