Foreign Affairs committee  A wide range of issues were learned from the Arab Spring. You could pick any number of them, but I think what you're getting at is that, when there is a region in crisis, we need to bring our full tool kit to bear to respond to it and, in line with our feminist international assi

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I would simply say that we are obviously working closely with the Department of Citizenship and Immigration. In terms of refugee programs, we are, of course, less advanced for some countries than others, where the conflict has been going on for a longer period of time.

Foreign Affairs committee  Fundamentally, this was first and foremost an issue dealt with by the European Union—many countries, very wealthy, big refugee-recipient countries in their own right. At this point they have not reached out to us for assistance, but we've been very unified, as you know. This conv

Foreign Affairs committee  We don't intend to provide a reply to that report.

Foreign Affairs committee  Clearly the situation in much of the Middle East remains precarious as a result of political instability, COVID and other economic measures. Clearly these countries are going to be vulnerable to increased food costs, as are other parts of the world that depend particularly on whe

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll just confirm we are still engaged in Yemen. This year we've provided $72 million to respond to the humanitarian needs. As my colleague has said, this situation remains disastrous. There's hardly a plague that country isn't suffering from, exacerbated further by COVID and ong

Foreign Affairs committee  UNRWA undertook an investigation and established afterwards appropriate measures in response to that report.

Foreign Affairs committee  UNRWA undertook a review. Regarding specific individuals, I will need to get back to the committee. I know there were consequences. I can provide details at a later date.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thanks very much. We have been working very closely with UNRWA on a number of issues to improve and strengthen their management. That report is certainly something they are going to need to act on. At the time, there were changes that took place in the management structure and t

Foreign Affairs committee  I can confirm that, for the non-governmental organizations on the ground in Ukraine, we set out weeks ago to ensure that they had the flexibility to pivot their programming, both on priorities and on geographic area, given the fluidity of what was taking place on the ground. Spe

Foreign Affairs committee  I think from the beginning of this engagement, certainly President Putin has discussed this in terms of the security not only of Ukraine but also of Europe. Over the course of these past weeks we have seen Russia's neighbour countries ask for and receive enhanced presence from NA

Foreign Affairs committee  In terms of the sanctions, there is reporting on those. Certainly, I think committees such as yours do a good job of holding us to account as you are doing today. I would be happy to provide further details in a written response.

Foreign Affairs committee  Through our embassy in Warsaw, we have been in regular discussion with the Polish authorities about their needs. We have people on the ground at one of the major crossing points in Poland to assess the situation. Certainly until now Poland has been able to respond sufficiently.

Foreign Affairs committee  We have sanctioned a number of the oligarchs closest to Mr. Putin. Even before this invasion, a significant number were sanctioned by us. In recent days we've sanctioned some of their family members to really increase the pressure around them—

Foreign Affairs committee  Sure. Absolutely. We're in direct touch with Finance right now. We're working with Treasury in the U.S. and, as I mentioned earlier, with the EU and the U.K. through this trans-Atlantic task force to track down where these assets are. You've seen some of the measures against ba