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House Hansard - 194

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 10, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 194 - May/10/23
Mr. Yvan Baker (Etobicoke Centre, Lib.)
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Mr. Speaker, since Russia began its further genocidal invasion of Ukraine, I have advocated that we do everything possible to ensure that Ukraine achieves a decisive victory. Our government has said that Canada will stand with the Ukrainian people until they win, and that “victory is the only option”. Victory is the only option for Ukraine, but it is also the only option for Canada. If we want to stop genocide, global food shortages and global inflation, and if we want to protect our own sovereignty and security, we must ensure that Ukraine achieves a decisive victory. That means that Ukraine wins the war by ensuring that it recovers all of its territory and that it wins the peace, which means that it is secure as part of NATO, that we help Ukraine rebuild, that Russia pays for that rebuild and that there is justice for Russian war crimes. A Ukrainian counter-offensive is coming, the outcome of which we cannot predict. Regardless of that outcome over the coming days, weeks and months, I hope that we commit, today, that we will stand with the Ukrainian people until they achieve that decisive victory, because victory is the only option for Ukraine and it is the only option for Canada. Slava Ukraini.
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