Foreign Affairs committee  I'll just say briefly that we still have homework to do when it comes to co-operation among our own law enforcement agencies in investigating PS752. That's what we are determined to do. I'm not very enthusiastic about the United Nations and the Security Council as long as Russia

Foreign Affairs committee  Again, we will always find ways to investigate and get to the bottom of this, together with Canada. Chair, I feel that this is probably about the end of our conversation. I'd like to use this as an opportunity to say thank you to all the members of the committees. It was an extr

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, but as you can imagine, it's a very small amount that we're getting from there. It's not even close to enough to cover the demand.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. I would specifically refer to the propaganda portion of the visual presentation that you have. If you look through those quotes from the Russian propaganda leaders, that pretty much tells you how seriously they have taken this situation. You might see this c

Foreign Affairs committee  I think we can see how the Kremlin can increase and decrease its activities when it comes to propaganda. For obvious reasons, they increased this propaganda activity against Ukraine and its allies this year. There were two major avenues for their propaganda. First, they presente

Foreign Affairs committee  It's critically important. Let me say this: We cannot allow those criminals who shot down the plane to hide behind state secrets, and we cannot allow the Iranian government to hide the criminals from international prosecution. Going to the international court is one option. Ukr

Foreign Affairs committee  Monsieur Bergeron, you have given a very good assessment of the reasons we want to go ahead with the Crimean platform. I can give you a very practical example. It's about sanctions. At this moment, both the European Union and our major allies outside of the European Union have a

Foreign Affairs committee  That is very fair, and that should be very efficient if we think about the different avenues of co-operation, security, human rights, economic policy and so on. We hope this will bring us closer to a good, successful, strategic vision.

Foreign Affairs committee  It's a concern that all of us share, no matter which side of the ocean we live on. Ukraine had a relatively good start in the beginning of the pandemic. We successfully delayed the first hit of the virus last year, and then the situation became much worse. It's still very troubl

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. I think this, in many ways, reflects the agenda that the Ukrainian government has. Again, we co-operate with Canada on many of those directions. I would like to refer specifically to this anti-corruption situation. You referred to one very specific episode,

Foreign Affairs committee  We strongly believe in a free press. Even in darker times, Ukraine was well known as a country with a very strong appetite for a free press and a very strong push against any signs of censorship. I hope it will stay that way.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, and we see that authoritarian regimes are really good at helping each other. They are really good at best practices exchange—or worst practices exchange. There are very practical results of this close integration of Belarus into the Russian sphere of influence. One of the e

Foreign Affairs committee  There is an obvious reason. He is afraid that Russia and the Russian people will follow the case. Putin has been relatively successful in blocking the civil society of Russia from becoming strong enough and vocal enough, but I think it's quite obvious it's going to be more diffi

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Bezan, as you know so well, we stand behind the procedures and mechanisms of the Magnitsky act, and thank you for your contribution to the passing of that very important piece of legislation. I would extend that to all members of Parliament who were involved. We want the Mag

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Bezan. We'll pass it and take it as a message on behalf of all of Canada. Thank you.