Foreign Affairs committee  The Minister of Foreign Affairs will be well involved in all of this. We'll work very closely with Minister Freeland, and I'm very pleased to do so. She's welcoming the ability to have a special envoy of the Prime Minister helping to pull together all of our efforts in Europe.

Foreign Affairs committee  I have copies for everyone.

Foreign Affairs committee  It's much better like this now. It's an improvement which is the result of internal discussions as well as talks with our European colleagues. This went very well and I'm very pleased with the result. These responsibilities will allow me to explain very clearly in once sentence w

Foreign Affairs committee  No, and in which way would it? I don't understand the question.

Foreign Affairs committee  No.

Foreign Affairs committee  I don't think so. You're entitled to have your own concerns, but I don't think they are shared at all by our European allies. On the contrary, as you will see in the letters that are tabled now for this committee, their reaction is very positive, and it reflects exactly what the

Foreign Affairs committee  It does not include Russia, but it includes the Russian dimension of the European challenges.

Foreign Affairs committee  I don't know. If you went home and said to your wife, “Darling, we are going to Berlin”, what would be her reaction?

Foreign Affairs committee  Some discussions would be needed. It took some weeks. I also had an offer from the Université de Montréal, and the prospect of being home every evening for the first time in over 21 years was interesting. It was a very generous offer. I love being a teacher and I love being in th

Foreign Affairs committee  I will work very closely with Ambassador Costello. He is an easy person to work with. I'm sure we'll have a very collegial relationship that will be of benefit to Canadians. I will have some responsibilities that are beyond those of an ambassador in a country or in an internatio

Foreign Affairs committee  What we look at in this situation is to be sure that our European allies will stay very strong. There are links with Russia for the economy, especially the ability to receive the natural....

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. It is very demanding for some of these countries, and we don't want them to mollify, in order to stay united and strong in the difficult relationship with Russia. Also, some of these countries have a very important dialogue with Russia, and I think, as you know, we Canadian

Foreign Affairs committee  I have them right here. I can give them to the clerk of the committee. In my presentation, I quoted the main excerpts that show that the European Union is pleased to work with this new diplomatic resource we now have, for which I will be responsible.

Foreign Affairs committee  The Prime Minister's idea never changed; it is still the same responsibility he gave me at the outset. The designation changed because it better expresses what the Prime Minister had in mind in the beginning. This is going to help me. When I arrive in a European country, I will

Foreign Affairs committee  Do you mean my European counterparts?