Foreign Affairs committee  There are a lot of cases that we document as kidnappings, because these are the children who are forcefully taken from those territories that are now temporarily occupied by Russian forces. There is evidence that these children are now located throughout all of Russia, including Siberia and Vladivostok, hundreds of kilometres from the Ukrainian border.

Foreign Affairs committee  The support that Canada provided before the war, and has provided especially during these two months of full-scale Russian war, is unprecedented and on a different level. I've talked to many mayors of cities, members of Parliament and members of the Senate. It is everywhere on the street, and we appreciate the joint support of Canada's variety of communities as they stand with Ukraine.

Foreign Affairs committee  As I've mentioned, we are closely working with GAC on the list of sanctions of personal and legal entities, and this list is enlarged from week to week. Thank you.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. As for sanctions, most of the sanctions imposed in terms of the assets that have been frozen or forbidden are from a specific list of activities that could be done with the sanctions. As for seizure of the assets, the draft law that has been presented by the Government of Canada to Parliament is the instrument that is establishing this instrument of the seizure of frozen sanctioned assets, and we do believe that these assets should be the biggest portion of the future rebuilding fund of Ukraine.

Foreign Affairs committee  First of all, Canada has already done its donation to the international infrastructure that will support Ukraine in collecting evidence and also in presenting the case to the International Criminal Court. There are a lot of international teams on the ground now in Ukraine that support the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies in taking the evidence of those crimes.

Foreign Affairs committee  As I mentioned in my speech, when the Secretary-General of the UN was visiting Kyiv, Russians had missile attacks on a civilian building where a journalist was killed. The only guarantee for the protection of civilians, which I will come back to one more time, is prompt military aid to Ukraine.

Foreign Affairs committee  As you've seen, this support makes a big difference on the ground, and what is important is that Ukraine is already using NATO standard ammunition. That makes Ukrainian forces more successful on the ground. In terms of further military support, we are in close co-operation and working on a permanent basis to meet the needs.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, disconnecting all Russian banks from SWIFT is another way of getting Russia to have limited or zero access to all the financial markets and foreign currencies. We are in close contact with GAC on the sanction list, and as you see each week or even more often the sanction list is being increased.

Foreign Affairs committee  I will start by saying that just before this meeting, I was in Montreal. I came back from there just 15 minutes before the meeting. We feel and we see how much across Canada—in Montreal, in Toronto, in all of the cities and towns, and everywhere—Canadians support Ukrainians who are coming here.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. It is important.

Foreign Affairs committee  I will first refer to your mention of Mariupol. The situation in Mariupol is horrible—a city with a population of 400,000. Half of the people have left the city, but there are around 100,000 civilians who remain surrounded by Russian forces. The number of civilians killed in Mariupol is already about 20,000.

Foreign Affairs committee  First of all, the Ukrainian railway is working. Inside the country, the logistics work, with some disruptions and breaches. In general, the railway system works, which is the main route to take throughout the country to the seaports. That part is working now. There were some major targeted breakdowns, but in general it works.

Foreign Affairs committee  First, the unprecedented and, importantly, joint support of all of the democratic countries has been vital for Ukraine. Canada today is one of the biggest single government-to-government providers of financial support to the budget of Ukraine. Within the last three months, the total amount of funding that is either already disbursed or being allocated is $1.5 billion, Canadian, which is unprecedented in terms of the volume and the speed.

Foreign Affairs committee  Dear ladies and gentlemen, thank you for inviting me and the chargé d'affaires as witnesses today to the committee meeting. A heartfelt thank you for Canada's cross-party and nationwide full support of Ukraine. We can feel the sincere support here in Canada. We are grateful for Canada's military aid, financial and humanitarian support, sanctions and pressure on Russia and efforts to isolate it globally, and for Canada's hosting of displaced Ukrainians in Canada.