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Context: House Hansard - 37 - Feb/28/22

Hon. Harjit S. Sajjan (Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, Lib.)

Feb/28/22 2:43:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank all the Canadians who made generous donations to the Red Cross to support the Ukrainian people. We will do more. We are monitoring the situation very closely, getting an understanding of what is needed and then providing appropriate support. This will be in addition to the $50 million for humanitarian and development support that we have already provided.

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Context: House Hansard - 37 - Feb/28/22

Hon. Harjit S. Sajjan (Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, Lib.)

Feb/28/22 3:01:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Etobicoke Centre for his strong leadership and for advocating for the people of Ukraine. Canada is deeply concerned by the deepening humanitarian crisis in Ukraine that has been caused by President Putin, and we are monitoring the situation very closely on the ground. This is why our government has provided $50 million to support developing humanitarian aid and over $620 million in loan offers. Just on Friday, we announced that we would match, up to $10 million, the generous donations of Canadians to support Ukrainians through the Ukrainian Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross, and we will do more.

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Context: House Hansard - 37 - Feb/28/22

Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)

Feb/28/22 9:19:40 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague for his speech. I would like him to tell us about the humanitarian aspect of this war. From the bits of information we have been getting, we know that the Ukrainian people are holding the line and protecting their cities thanks to their extraordinary courage and amazing ability to mobilize. Those cities are currently under siege, however, which raises the spectre of a humanitarian crisis. I would like to know how the government plans to get help to people on the ground. Can it work with the Red Cross, perhaps? At this point, I would like to ask if the government is planning to raise the $10‑million cap for matching donations to the Red Cross. My priority is really the humanitarian crisis in the cities. What is the government planning to do about that?

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Context: House Hansard - 37 - Feb/28/22

Mr. James Bezan

Feb/28/22 9:39:24 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, it has been inspiring, watching how Canadians from all walks of life come out to support Ukraine at these rallies right across the country from coast to coast to coast. I have been at a few of these in Manitoba and Ontario, and people are overwhelmingly in support of Ukraine and want to help, regardless of whether they have Ukrainian heritage. As Canadians, we are all Ukrainian today, because Ukrainians are fighting for democracy. They are fighting for human rights and they are fighting for the international rule of law. Since Ukraine is fighting for all of us, all of us have to do everything we can for Ukraine. That is why the UCC has been organizing these rallies. I encourage people to get out there and donate. I appreciate the government is matching donations with the Red Cross right now, so that we can increase humanitarian aid and use organizations like the Canada-Ukraine Foundation to help those in need in Ukraine during this unpleasant time of war.

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