National Defence committee  I'll just say that the course of the war, in large measure, depends on what we are capable of providing to the Ukrainians. If they run out of artillery, they can't fire artillery.

National Defence committee  One of the most important things to remember about training is that our Canadian army is also learning from the Ukrainians. To the extent that we can enlarge any of these missions and move towards training fighter pilots, we're going to do it eventually anyway, so we might as wel

National Defence committee  I think the issue we have with our capacity to increase training is the same issue we have with our capacity to increase the production of weapons. It's a matter of the government making it a priority and investing the necessary funds in it. In terms of what is available right n

National Defence committee  As we said, I think that there are two areas. One is the increased supply of weapons and the other is increased training. As Ambassador Buck mentioned, Ukraine is moving to a NATO-standard army, and Canada is very well suited to train Ukrainians. It has been doing so since 2015

National Defence committee  Just quickly, we agree that the current system isn't good enough. We've heard that industry is looking for multi-year commitments, so that's something to look at. We were in Kyiv in May and June, and the Ukrainian defence minister was pleading with us to go and speak with you as

National Defence committee  We were concerned and surprised about the amount that is in the budget for defence in Ukraine, which is, as you said, $200 million for the Leopard tanks that had been previously announced. We had submitted—and we're happy to share it with the committee—our pre-budget submission,

National Defence committee  I'm going to talk a little bit about the things that Canada and allies should be and can be providing to Ukraine to help Ukraine win this war. The aid provided to Ukraine by Canada and allies has indeed been impressive. Coupled with the Ukrainian people's incredible courage and

Agriculture committee  I have a microphone that I've used for previous parliamentary committees, and I did a sound check yesterday. Can you hear me?

Agriculture committee  I have just unplugged and re-plugged the headset into a hardwired computer that I'm using.

Agriculture committee  I have the headset selected, but if there's a problem, my colleague Orest can take over.

Agriculture committee  Hi there. It's Ihor Michalchyshyn. I'm the executive director of the UCC. I'll be providing the remarks under the UCC. As you mentioned, Orest Zakydalsky is with me as my colleague here. Thank you for the invitation to address this committee. Our organization is the voice of Can

Foreign Affairs committee  From an immediate civilian survival perspective, we have, through our humanitarian appeal, begun to talk about winterization. We know that there are substantial funds that the Government of Canada has yet to spend. I believe there is about $75 million that could be spent on winte

Foreign Affairs committee  We are, definitely. We continue to reach out to her office and we look for public statements and have been open to hearing any developments from their perspective.

Foreign Affairs committee  We're not privy to the discussions of the committee in terms of travel, but we certainly encouraged our parliamentarians and government officials to travel to Ukraine at the safest and earliest opportunity.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. As you've heard in the President's statements and the ambassador's statement—I don't need to repeat those—we believe that the path forward is going to involve more direct co-operation between Canada, Germany and Ukraine to find a solution that everybody is pleased wit