Thank you for this question.
It is my belief that Ukraine, although it is currently a main object of the Russian aggression, is not the last in line if Russia succeeds. It only takes one Ukraine, one country, for Russia to amass huge forces on the borders of the EU and NATO. This completely changes the security situation in all of Europe. The assistance that western nations, including Canada—and again, I'm grateful for the support—give to Ukraine is not only to Ukraine, but an investment in the security and maintenance of that security architecture in all of Europe.
Of course, I know that Polish colleagues and colleagues in the Baltic states are always nervous about whether NATO would come to their help in case Russia decides to be aggressive against them as well. However, Ukraine is indeed.... As Ukraine is standing right now, it prevents Russia from attacking NATO member states, from attacking the EU, where the involvement of countries such as Canada would have been much more significant, and the amounts of money and, then, financial assistance to European—