Security. We are meeting on the traditional territory of the algonquin cape. Todays meeting is in a hybrid performance format. Members are attending in person and remotely using the zoom application. The second hour to answer questions from members. I welcome you all and i now invite mr. Mendicino to make an opening statement. Thank you, mr. Chair. , id like to thank the members of the committee with the good work they have done with respect to bill c21. I am accompanied by my team from the stewart, the deputy minister, and others. We have chief Deputy Commissioner kelly larkin and the commissioner. The scourge of gun violence which has been impacting our country for many years. Signaled to this committee that it is up to us as parliamentarians to Work Together to reverse the Alarming Trends that have seen increases in gun violence, specifically handgun violence. It is up to this committee not only to study carefully tangible laws which are designed with the intent of reversing those t
Minister testified on legislation that would create a handgun freeze. I call this meeting to order. Welcome, everyone to meeting 36 of the house of Commons Standing Committee on safety and national security. We are meeting on the traditional territory of the algonquin cape. Todays meeting is in a hybrid performance format. Members are attending in person and remotely using the zoom application. The second hour to answer questions from members. I welcome you all and i now invite mr. Mendicino to make an opening statement. Thank you, mr. Chair. , id like to thank the members of the committee with the good work they have done with respect to bill c21. I am accompanied by my team from the department, including rob stewart, the deputy minister, and others. We have chief Deputy Commissioner kelly larkin and the commissioner. The scourge of gun violence which has been impacting our country for many years. Signaled to this committee that it is up to us as parliamentarians to Work Together to r
The meeting is called to order. The agenda is adopted. I have received a letter from the representative of ukraine to the u. N. , requesting that his excellency, mr. Volodymyr zelenskyy, president of ukraine, be invited to participate via video teleconference in todays meeting, in accordance with rule 37. Would any member wish to take the floor on this matter . I gave the floor to the representative of the Russian Federation. Thank you, mr. President. Our delegation of objects to the virtual participation of the president of ukraine, zelenskiy, in todays meeting. We would like to explain our objection. We are not opposing the participation of the president of ukraine or his representative in the meeting. I will repeat once again for protocol and for those who will try to distort our possession, we do not object to the participation in this meeting. However, this participation must begin person, he must be physically present in the Council Chamber. These are the rules that govern the wo
The meeting is called to order. The agenda is adopted. I have received a letter from the representative of ukraine to the u. N. , requesting that his excellency, mr. Volodymyr zelenskyy, president of ukraine, be invited to participate via video teleconference in todays meeting, in accordance with rule 37. Would any member wish to take the floor on this matter . I gave the floor to the representative of the Russian Federation. Thank you, mr. President. Our delegation of objects to the virtual participation of the president of ukraine, zelenskiy, in todays meeting. We would like to explain our objection. We are not opposing the participation of the president of ukraine or his representative in the meeting. I will repeat once again for protocol and for those who will try to distort our possession, we do not object to the participation in this meeting. However, this participation must begin person, he must be physically present in the Council Chamber. These are the rules that govern the wo
Purposefully destroying civilian infrastructure, including kindergarten schools and medical facilities, power lines, and gout gas pod plans youre going to go, but they do not spare even those cities. And don bos that until recently were under their control such as las a chance, for example. And our former western partners instead of condemning their ukrainian mentees are supplying them with more and more new types of weapons which reach areas that key of could not previously reach in doing this, theyre becoming accomplices in crimes against the civilian population. And given that the use of summer tillery systems, as the craniums themselves admit, is impossible, without coordinating the targets with suppliers, they are becoming cor perpetrators as well, which is primarily concerns the american hi mars multiple launch rocket systems which were used for instance, to strike the correctional facility in july of july 29th, claiming the lives of more than 50 ukrainian prisoners of war. We kn