Senator Gold, following the imposition of Western sanctions on Russia, there was a marked decrease in the flow of both dual-use and luxury goods.

However, as reported by Robin Brooks, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, there has been a sharp increase in exports of both of these types of goods to other countries, specifically, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Türkiye, which have become flourishing transshipment points for goods coming from the EU, the U.K. and the south.

Can you tell us whether sanctioned Canadian goods are also being transshipped through these states to Russia, avoiding our sanctions? If so, which goods might those be?

Thank you for that, Senator Gold. It’s a sad fact of life that some wealthy organizations profit from war while so many innocent people die.

Numerous ministers, including our Prime Minister, have reportedly stated that Canada stands with Ukraine. What is Canada actually doing to urge other countries to cut off movement of these sanctioned goods through these transshipment points? I want to be clear: This is well known and well established. Is Canada urging the UN to establish an international —