QUESTION PERIOD — Global Affairs
Support for Ukraine
June 11, 2025
Senator Gold, as we all know, this week, President Trump denied Ukraine 20,000 previously purchased ground-to-air defence missiles. This particularly brutal coercive act demonstrates the need for a different support for Ukraine by Canada and our allies. The European Sky Shield Initiative can provide innocent Ukrainian children with the protection they need.
What is Canada doing to promote this option with our allies, and is Canada going to take up a leadership role in Sky Shield?
Thank you for your question and, again, for your advocacy and attention to this important issue.
I will repeat Canada’s unwavering commitment to Ukraine and its defence against an unjust war. I will also repeat that the Prime Minister invited President Zelenskyy to the G7, and the government has been working with its counterparts in the G7 in an effort to strengthen our support and our allies’ support for Ukraine.
I would also underline the heroic and innovative ways in which the Ukrainian people and government have responded to the aggression through a number of ways. This is an important issue, and it remains top of mind for the Government of Canada.
Senator Gold, Canada previously contributed about $120 million to the Danish model. Many other nations are also contributing to this highly successful approach. How much will Canada be donating in the next six months to this initiative?
If you don’t have the answer now — and I don’t expect you to have the answer now — would you ask the minister to answer that question for us, please, and can you also ask the minister to answer my question about Sky Shield?
I will certainly raise it with the minister. As you understand, I cannot speculate on future funding.
I do note that just last week at the meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence, the Minister of National Defence announced that Canada is providing over $35 million in military assistance to Ukraine, but I will certainly raise the issue.
