Foreign Affairs committee  It's not all of them. It's the latest one.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. As far as Arctic cooperation is concerned, it's very important. I pay tribute to Canada, because Canada has been so active in Arctic cooperation. In my opinion, there is no lack of research and no lack of information. In terms of climate change, for example, high-qual

Foreign Affairs committee  I think it would be beneficial to get the government's point of view. The ambassador will answer that.

Foreign Affairs committee  Before I give the opportunity to Mr. Koskinen to answer the question related to the International Criminal Court, I would like to ask him whether my analysis is correct--that there are no big changes in terms of climate policy due to your regime change. Nowadays, you have a more

Foreign Affairs committee  As you say, this NATO question is very important for us. Madam Perho.

Foreign Affairs committee  May I add, there are still some really genuine questions open for us, for example, on what the future of NATO is. We have the impression, for example with the U.S.A. still having this unilateral approach and with all these kinds of coalitions of the willing, that NATO is not as r

Foreign Affairs committee  In general, the Finnish Parliament is very active in the field of foreign security policy. Earlier we had a constitution. According to the old constitution the president alone led the foreign policy, but now the cooperation between the government and the president is crucial. Tha

Foreign Affairs committee  May I ask one question? We are discussing now in Finland how to strengthen the role of Parliament in security and foreign policy issues. In Finland the government presents a white paper every four years. Once you're in your term of office of government, then you give a big pictu

Foreign Affairs committee  Excuse me, Chair, I would like to introduce our ambassador and our counsel to the committee.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. They are really crucial questions. As far as Russia is concerned, Finland and Russia actually have nowadays a very good relationship. There are no major political problems. There are lots of practical problems due to the very busy trade between Finland and R

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for your kind words. Your family name sounds like a very Nordic name; that's why we feel so comfortable here. Thank you very much for making this meeting possible. I remember that it was a Canadian professor, Marshall McLuhan, who predicted that the world

Citizenship and Immigration committee  To work and....

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. I have a small present from the Finnish Parliament. It's our national symbol. It's a lion. We have no lions, but it's a symbol.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. Perhaps we have given too pessimistic a picture of Finland. That's not what it's like, actually. It's a marvellous country, and we welcome all Canadians to come to Finland.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's 5.3 million, and we have calculated that a little bit more than one million Finns reside abroad. We know that in Canada--