Mr. Chair, the hon. member is making a very good point. However, the important thing will not be what Canada or other external countries can do, but what we can do to support Ukraine to become strong, so that Ukrainians on their own can combat against anybody who might try to divide the country.
Obviously, they are in a lot of turmoil right now. In viewing the coverage, there are volunteer police on the streets with the police officers. Who knows how long the police will have patience for that. There will be many families with deep grief, who will be seeking revenge and so forth. We do not know what is going on in Crimea.
The best we can do is to say we are there for Ukraine to keep the country together and to ask what we can do to assist. Let us hope that we do not go to the extent where we have to think about sending in armaments, which has happened in the past in some cases.
Time is of the essence. There have been too many times in history where people have said that we should have gone in sooner. Let us not make that mistake this time.