International Trade committee  You touched on all the important points, and I think that's all valid. I think we need to put mechanisms in place as far as what I'm talking about. I've been part of the CUTIS program with the Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce. I think one of the witnesses mentioned that educa

International Trade committee  Number one is payment guarantees. Even though it was guaranteed, like all these contracts.... I'm talking about $250 million U.S. per gas transshipment facility that needed to be modernized. There were eight of them. We're talking about multi-million dollar contracts. The EDC is

International Trade committee  As you heard and you know, Ukraine is not only grains and hands, but, as I said, brains. We have humongous...and all these companies are now relocating and still functioning. A couple of my clients are companies that have offices in Canada and all over the world. They're Ukrainia

International Trade committee  A lot of the IT men have been conscripted, and some of them are putting a weapon in their hands, but they are also using their knowledge, brains and their hands on a computer. They are helping to stop all these hacker attacks with cybersecurity, which was ongoing even before Russ

International Trade committee  I'll be honest with you; I'm not familiar with Canadian exports dropping. In contrast, since the start of the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, I've seen Canadian companies picking up way more interest in Ukraine than ever before. As I said, I think a very important part for

International Trade committee  I think more can be done, to be honest. Ukraine is a developing country, and with every developing country there are obstacles and difficulties. I think the renewal of the CUFTA, the modernization of the free trade agreement, needs to be accounted for, as we've seen some instance

International Trade committee  I don't have an answer for you there.

International Trade committee  Thanks, Madam Chair. Hi, everybody. My name is Markiyan Markevych. I'm principal and president of Crossways MK Consulting, an investment consulting business. I've been doing business in Ukraine since 2014. I sit on the board of the Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce, and I've be