National Defence committee  Yes.

National Defence committee  I'm sorry. Is the question whether continuing to fund aid to Ukraine is important? If so, the answer is yes.

National Defence committee  As you can imagine, the length of this war is extremely difficult for our community, many of whom have family and friends in Ukraine. There are now some 200,000 Ukrainians who have been welcomed to Canada as refugees. One of the main priorities of the Ukrainian Canadian Congres

National Defence committee  I think Canada, the Canadian government and everyone involved is in support of Ukraine. We would like to see more being done on the military, economic and humanitarian fronts to support Ukraine, especially at a time when some of the support from other countries is, if not under q

National Defence committee  We were asked for comment on those reports. If these reports are true, they're deeply concerning. We've written to both the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Public Safety to see what the situation is and whether those reports are accurate.

National Defence committee  We have not yet received a response from the government. The only thing I will add is that one thing we keep talking to the Canadian government about is the need to ensure that sanctions are not only implemented but also enforced. Sanctions that are implemented but not enforced

National Defence committee  Although support for Ukraine and Ukraine's defence remains robust among Canadians, there are warning signs that there is a small but vocal minority here in Canada that wants Russia to win. This is unfortunate, but it is the reality. In order to fight against it, we must all make

Foreign Affairs committee  On the point of sanctions methodology and enforcement, the short answer is we don't know why some people are left off our lists. That, I think, would be a question to put to officials and to the minister. We certainly don't understand why some people have been left off who have b

Foreign Affairs committee  I don't have any specific recommendations on strengthening this particular legislation. We have several recommendations on how we could strengthen our sanctions regime, which we look forward to giving to the committee. I can talk about it now, but I think we're—

Foreign Affairs committee  One of the issues is that the models used by these businesses are complex and are designed precisely to avoid sanctions regimes. They put up a trust, etc. There are all sorts of mechanisms people can use to make sure that the asset held by someone sanctioned is not actually sanct

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. The first issue we see with Canada's sanctions regime is the methodology by which our government decides whether or not to sanction someone. We've never really understood or received an explanation for why, for example, someone is sanctioned in other jurisdictions but

National Defence committee  Thank you. Unfortunately, the statistics coming out of Russia are that 70% of the Russian population support the war, and despite the reality of the numbers of those who have been killed, we see that the number isn't going down. As you mentioned, they have strong disinformation

National Defence committee  Ukraine's role as a supplier of essential agriculture for the global south has I think been illuminated by this latest invasion. What can Canada do to help there? Ukraine is trying to engage these allies in the global south, but that's a difficult task to do in the middle of figh

National Defence committee  Yes. I think many people didn't realize how dependent they were on Ukrainian agriculture to ensure their stability and prosperity. I think rebuilding global security starts with supporting Ukrainian agriculture.

National Defence committee  As incompetent and ill-equipped as they are, they are still a significant fighting force that we should not take lightly. As I was relating to you earlier, the brutality and the scale of the impact in Ukraine of the Russian forces, whether it's Wagner or the Russian army, should