Anita Anand: “We are ironclad with Ukraine—and not just because we have 1.3 million Canadians of Ukrainian descent in our country.”

This is not an accident, this is not a side-effect of war. This is a systematic effort to separate Ukrainian children from Ukraine.

We will lead other middle powers to act collectively and decisively, because middle powers are playing a key role in building the framework for the new international order — which is being established as we speak," Anand said.

So while Canada has Operation Reassurance on the Eastern flank, we cannot forget that NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, should have a view that is based on a strategic assessment of the North and the Arctic, in order to ensure…

The testimony that we have heard over the past two days underscores the intense and unacceptable suffering that we know exists at Russia’s hands.