Mr. Speaker, I am proud to present e-petition 5150, signed by over 3,000 Canadians who are expressing their disappointment in the production of Russians at War, a documentary film that spreads Russian misinformation and propaganda. Unfortunately, it was funded with taxpayer money through the Canada Media Fund and TVO.
The petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada to recover all of those taxpayer dollars. They are asking the government to audit all government programs that could possibly be used to the benefit of Russia and its misinformation campaign. They are requesting that law enforcement agencies like the RCMP and CSIS undertake an investigation of the filmmaker, who was an RT journalist, as well as others who participated in it within the occupied and invaded territory of Ukraine, to see whether Canadian, Ukrainian or international laws were violated.
Finally, they want to have all the materials that were filmed during production in Russian-occupied Ukraine to see if there is any evidence of Russian war crimes against the people of Ukraine.