Mr. Chair, Canada has always supported the efforts in Ukraine to build a peaceful, democratic and prosperous society, and we will continue to do so.
My colleague, who was at the election in 2004 during the 10 days of the Orange Revolution, was telling me about those times and about the nascent democracy that was Ukraine seven years ago. Twenty years ago, the situation was even more difficult.
As the Prime Minister mentioned in his remarks on Friday night to the Canadian Ukrainian Congress in Toronto, our history is relatively benign in that area. We did not go through the difficulties that Ukraine did and has over the last many years.
Canada will continue to support Ukraine's development and democracy. We want to ensure this anti-democratic situation that is going on stops as soon as possible.