National Defence committee  I can, but I'm going to be quite brief because I'll just convey to Mr. Hamilton that he might want to respond to this from his perspective.

National Defence committee  Certainly and absolutely it does. You noted in your remarks that last week Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and the United States together condemned Russia's unprovoked and unjustifiable actions in Ukraine. That was seven of the eight members of the Arctic Council. At th

National Defence committee  Well, I would certainly say that it's grave, including that we also have seen, in addition to those economic measures that nations have put in place, the activity of private enterprises in reaction also withdrawing from the Russian market, so that what we are seeing is that this

National Defence committee  That is a matter that will have to be monitored as the sanctions continue to have impacts, and we would certainly hope that the Putin administration would roll back its efforts in order to roll back the current situation.

National Defence committee  The foundation of the Arctic Council is co-operation in the area of environmental and sustainable development. Military co-operation is deliberately excluded from the work of the Arctic Council. There would not be any military or security activity within that body.

National Defence committee  Chair, I'd be happy to take this question. Since the beginning, Canada has worked very closely indeed with our partners, with the United States, the U.K., Australia and in close collaboration with the European Union, in order to discuss and align our sanctions measures for maxim

National Defence committee  The reason it's important to move in lockstep is simply critical mass. Canada's economic relationship with Russia is different from other countries', and therefore, if it's possible to work in lockstep to limit trade and opportunities to a number of countries and through a number

National Defence committee  Absolutely: We continue to work closely with the like-minded in terms of additional measures should the situation continue.

National Defence committee  Essentially the impact of its removal will be significant restrictions on their ability to send money in and out of the country, effectively pausing Russia's major imports and exports.

National Defence committee  On that precisely, I wouldn't be able to give you an adequate response right now.

National Defence committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon. What I would say is that our mission in Moscow is watching closely the situation, and certainly the measures that Canada, along with partners and allies, has undertaken with respect to economic sanctions, and other measures, are causing st

National Defence committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair. My name is Heidi Kutz. I'm the director general responsible for the Arctic, Eurasian and European affairs at Global Affairs Canada.