Agriculture committee  Thank you very much. I couldn't agree more with you, and that's why our response, both before the Ukraine crisis and since, has been to balance our investments. As I've described, we have made significant investments in direct humanitarian assistance in meeting immediate needs,

Agriculture committee  I think you've seen a lot of countries step up. I've described the Canadian response. Certainly the United States has significantly increased its investments, by $11 billion over five years, in food system support, food security and nutrition support around the world. The U.K. ha

Agriculture committee  I'm sorry—what do those mean? Can you clarify? Do you mean for Canadian exports?

Agriculture committee  I'm just not understanding. Can you try once more with that question? My apologies.

Agriculture committee  I'll take a quick crack at that, but I also think it's a question that could be addressed to Agriculture officials. With respect to the sanctions on Belarusian potash, Canada, of course, is a major producer and, from what I understand, Canada has increased production of potash a

Agriculture committee  Thank you. That was an enormously successful matching fund, I think by far the most successful matching fund we've ever done. We put up $30 million, and the Red Cross response more than matched that. I think it ended up at $150 million. At this point there are no plans to launc

Agriculture committee  Thank you. That's an excellent question. There's a classification system that goes from one to five, with five being famine-like conditions. For classifications four and five, that being extreme hunger bordering on famine, we've seen that go from 44 million to 49 million just wi

Agriculture committee  I have not heard any mention of Turkey. Tara can perhaps fill out more here than I can, but I do know that we have sanctions, for example, against Russian ships. Those certainly act as at least a partial deterrent but not a total one.

Agriculture committee  I think the global community has brought the full suite to bear in responding to Russian aggression—military assistance, financial support, sanctions—really the full array of responses. Those particular examples would be very challenging, as repugnant as they are, to respond to.

Agriculture committee  Sure. Thanks very much. It's actually a significant part of our portfolio of investments, especially in Africa but also in other parts of the world. We focus on intensification of agriculture through better fertilizer management, improved soil health and fertility and then the d

Agriculture committee  Our starting point in most years before, as I said, either the government provides additional money or we access something called the crisis pool is about $609 million or $610 million. To date we've moved about $514 million of that, with $245 million going to the Ukraine response

Agriculture committee  Thank you for that question. In the first instance, I think it is fair to say, based on what we've seen of Russian actions in blockading the Ukrainian ports and putting restrictions on its own agricultural products, that it's trying to use food as a tool of war. With respect to

Agriculture committee  I'm not familiar with agricultural inputs to Ukraine, so I'll ask Tara if she has any additional comments.

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chair, I thank the member for his question. I'm going to speak about the two aspects of how to move Ukrainian grain. The first, as the minister mentioned, would be some kind of agreement to restore access to the Black Sea. I would say that on that, the UN is leading a proce

Agriculture committee  I'll start, and perhaps Tara will jump in as well. Thank you for the question. The minister characterized it very well in that there is a time aspect to this and that if Ukraine does not have sufficient additional storage in place by no later than September or October, there w