Foreign Affairs committee  Just to re-emphasize what Minister Joly said earlier, we take the security of all of our staff at our missions abroad extremely seriously. We're constantly monitoring the security situation and communicating regularly with staff, including our locally engaged staff. We are not aware of any list specifically targeting locally engaged staff at the Canadian embassy in Kyiv.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for that question—

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, we're not aware of any list specifically targeting locally engaged staff at our embassy in Kyiv.

Foreign Affairs committee  Maybe I could comment on the previous comment before I answer this question, which is to say that we are very seized with this issue. The G7 is very seized with this issue. We see fertilizer prices increasing. We see food supply shortages. We know there will be a humanitarian consequence and that it needs to be addressed collectively.

Foreign Affairs committee  Our international footprint is determined by our budget. We have embassies in over 110 countries, and we have offices in different places. Really, our footprint is a function of decisions that have been made and the budget that we have.

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, we are also very concerned about the humanitarian situation in Yemen, which is one of the most difficult situations globally right now. We fully support humanitarian assistance for Yemen and doing everything we can to support a peaceful resolution of the conflict.

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, Canada has one of the strongest export control systems in the world, and respect for human rights is enshrined in that legislation. Every export permit application is reviewed under our risk assessment framework and is fully consistent with the Arms Trade Treaty, which is inscribed in our Export and Import Permits Act.

Foreign Affairs committee  We are working with our close allies to look at how we need to deal with Russia in every international forum in order to isolate it, and we would support isolating Russia in every international forum. The question is really, on a case-by-case basis, what the best way is to do that.

Foreign Affairs committee  We're looking across the whole range of international fora and working not just with Global Affairs but across all government departments. I think you would be surprised to know how many international fora there actually are. We need to look at each one on a case-by-case basis to see what the most effective way or the most effective thing we can do is.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. We are in favour of supporting Taiwan's participation in organizations to which its participation and its presence have made an important contribution. We are disappointed that Taiwan has not been able to participate, for example, in some of the World Health Assembly and the ICAO triennial assembly since 2016, due to pressure from the mainland.

Foreign Affairs committee  This is something that the Government of Canada has been calling for since this conflict began. We think it's critical to get humanitarian assistance into the region.

Foreign Affairs committee  The lead role in terms of combatting foreign interference is within the Public Safety agencies, but of course there are foreign policy considerations that need to be brought to bear when we look at foreign interference. One initiative that we have, which is actually quite interesting, is called the RRM, or the rapid response mechanism.

Foreign Affairs committee  That question would best be put to the Minister of Public Safety. It's really the Public Safety agencies that have the primary responsibility, but I do have a small unit that looks at foreign interference abroad and looks at what is happening in social media and whether we see any sort of evidence of that.

Foreign Affairs committee  We have been very actively working with our partners, first of all, in the motion that was brought before the ICC by Ukraine in order to declare that Russia's rationale for this invasion was completely unfounded. That was a successful motion. We will continue to work with our allies as we move forward to document war crimes, because our view is that there will have to be accountability and that it will be critical, not just for Ukraine but for the entire world, that there be international accountability for the actions that are being taken now that are targeted at civilians and that contravene international law.

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, we have a very strong consular team within the Ministry of Global Affairs, and we work tirelessly to assist on all consular cases, including the case of Mr. Celil. We are constant—