David McGuinty: “the prime minister has been very clear: he will not be hurried on this.”

We’re going to continue to monitor the situation, but we’re going to continue in steadfast support of our Ukrainian colleagues.

I think it's a very big step forward. It indicates that there's an interest in a product that Canada is looking at building.

We’re on standby. Our personnel’s on standby. Equipment’s on standby. But we are helping under other authorities now to airlift people out, to move people out.

acquisition of that size would normally be a point of debate or dialog between two sovereign nations.