Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank Ms. Bendayan and Ms. McPherson for raising this issue. I think the most pressing issue internationally for foreign affairs is the situation in Ukraine, and I think we must treat it as being of paramount importance and deal with it as quickly and as efficiently as possible. I'm not saying it trumps any other crisis in the world, but currently it is probably the biggest existential crisis in a military sense or a foreign affairs sense, and I think this committee should study it and we should hear from our experts. Hearing from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress as well is important, as Ms. McPherson has also stated, but also, perhaps we should listen to our experts, our departmental officials, and then try to get Ambassador Rae in as well. Perhaps after listening to them, we can get a better understanding of the situation and be better able to ask questions to Ambassador Rae.
It seems that I'm in agreement with Ms. Bendayan's and Ms. McPherson's amendments, which are to include his appearance, as well as to add some more witnesses into this. I think a study that is at least four meetings long would suffice, and if we need more, perhaps we can add a meeting. I think this should be the first study that this committee deals with in this Parliament.
Thank you.