Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. I agree with you. I think it's exactly what you're saying. We are standing with the Ukrainian people to look at their progress as a democracy, and we're supporting them. Of course, we are analyzing the election and observing it, but it's also the presence of these 200 observ

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, I think that would be a great idea. I think the expertise within Canada is there to put such missions in place, both in terms of logistics and in terms of content and methodology. Of course, these missions always have to be accepted by the country where they are deployed. In

Foreign Affairs committee  The responsibility to protect is a doctrine that defines where and when to intervene. We obviously must always assess the situation. The idea is that we should intervene when the population is suffering from the existing regime and when this regime has turned against the populati

Foreign Affairs committee  I completely agree with you that immigration plays a very big role in Liberal democracies. Canada is one example of that. I sincerely believe that it's important to focus on how immigration contributes to diversity, which makes us better off. Diversity is an intrinsic value in Ca

Foreign Affairs committee  I must say I am not an expert on the role of China so I will not touch on that. The role of the United States has been historically to promote democracy around the world. Having said that, they've had a very interventionist approach to things throughout the Cold War and beyond. W

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely, I feel exactly like you. The UN is the only game in town, let's say. It is the only place where all of us are represented. Of course it needs reform, and most of these multilateral organizations do need reform, but they are the only way to go, in my opinion. It's

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm sorry. The video had gone off. Thank you. I was saying that it is still a work in progress with the full integration, respect and recognition of our indigenous peoples not yet achieved. In my opinion, this is why Canada is a good example to the world. We should not be shy t

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and honourable members of the committee, for giving me this opportunity to address you today. I will make a brief statement. I'm calling you from Ukraine. This is where I'm working now, implementing some projects for the Canadian government. I woul

National Defence committee  I will go first. Women must be involved at all levels. Is not enough to send a few women in some contingents. As soon as peace negotiations begin, in the peace agreement, women from the country in question must be involved in all aspects of the negotiations. But that hasn't real

National Defence committee  One year is nothing in terms of.... It will be something for the men and women serving there, of course, so in terms of individual experiences I think this is valuable. In terms of how Canada is learning from this experience and in terms of how we contribute to the UN in general,

National Defence committee  Again, it's a tall question. I'm not going to speak on the military side. I think the general can address that if he has some points to make. No, I don't think we have a whole-of-government approach. I don't think Canada has a coherent policy on where to send civilians. The civi

National Defence committee  The HIPPO report I presented addresses the fact that peace operations are a long-term commitment. It's not cheap, and you cannot go for six months and then leave. The UN has developed doctrine on how to reduce military involvement in peace operations as the peace process and the

National Defence committee  As I think Ambassador Mason said, UN peace operations are led by civilians. The head of any peace operation in the UN system is the SRSG. This is a civilian who reports directly to the Security Council of the UN and who reports to the Secretary-General. Even in traditional peacek

National Defence committee  Thank you very much. I would like to add to that. Maybe not in Canada for those reasons, but I think that in terms of lessons learned—

National Defence committee  —the UN has become very much better at lessons learned. There's a whole section of their Department of Peacekeeping Operations that is exclusively working on lessons learned from past missions, so this is accessible. As a member state, Canada can access this, so there is no need