Foreign Affairs committee  I'm not here as an ambassador—

Foreign Affairs committee  —to create some kind of confrontation with that. The idea is inclusion. The idea is not to stop them from trying to make [Inaudible—Editor] for the Venezuelan people who live in Canada. That's our position right now.

Foreign Affairs committee  You're welcome.

Foreign Affairs committee  For the time being, an international coalition has been set up to help uphold the law in Venezuela. That is essential. The international coalition is strategically oriented. Given the economic dynamic between the regime and other countries, it's important that we bring in other c

Foreign Affairs committee  Do you mean a future election?

Foreign Affairs committee  Of course. In terms of what would happen once the usurpation of power had ceased, a transition government could organize free, fair and transparent elections.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm not sure.

Foreign Affairs committee  That is a very good clarification, because we have what the lawyers call “a constitutional emergency”. When you have this position, it says in the constitution that this transition requires about 30 days in order to call a free election. That's not going to happen because we are

Foreign Affairs committee  That's right. Canada recognized Mr. Juan Guaidó because it did not recognize the election that Mr. Maduro just went through last year.

Foreign Affairs committee  In Canada, Venezuela has one embassy, one residence for the ambassador and four consulates. Now they are in the possession of the Maduro officials. It's not our priority to try to take possession of those facilities. We are looking at how to explain and help Canada to conduct h

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, I understand French.

Foreign Affairs committee  From Mr. Guaidó's point of view, humanitarian assistance cannot be politicized. Humanitarian assistance is humanitarian assistance, period, so it shouldn't be politicized whatsoever. The Maduro regime was responsible for politicizing the delivery of aid. It sought out the invol

Foreign Affairs committee  Canada already has a humanitarian aid policy with respect to Venezuela and Colombia, and is providing economic stimulus to Columbia, Peru and Ecuador. That's a very important measure because the outflow of Venezuelans leaving their country is having a huge economic impact on the

Foreign Affairs committee  Maybe I have to clarify why this is an illegitimate presidency, the one we have with Mr. Maduro. In 2018, we have to remember that he called for a constituent...which was illegal because under our constitution it is not possible that the president can convoke in a constitution, a

Foreign Affairs committee  I don't know how the international community, which is concerned about human rights in Venezuela and that situation, is going to deal with Russia and China. It's an issue that has to be negotiated. It has to be solved by the international community. But I can tell you something.