Mr. Chair, that is a very important question.
Every developing country goes through challenges. Every developed country goes through challenges. We can learn from those situations and challenges. Where we have setbacks, that is an opportunity for progress.
I optimistically look at this in Ukraine as an opportunity for progress. Clearly the government has violated some of the principles and values that we hold dear such as freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law, but that awakens in people like Ukrainians the spirit of independence, the spirit of freedom, the kind of spirit we saw several years ago with their Orange Revolution.
The kind of spirit I see in Ukraine is in my own riding. I have a large Ukrainian population in my riding. I take inspiration from them often about their zest for life, their sense of vigour and their thirst for freedom and democracy. Canadian Ukrainians can help in the struggle of Ukrainians in Ukraine.
I look at a situation like this, as I said, as an opportunity for Canadians of any stripe, but for Ukrainians in particular, to help those Ukrainians in Ukraine to make progress and to turn a bad situation into an opportunity for advancement.