The Liberal government is facing mounting pressure over its move to exempt six Siemens Energy turbines from the economic sanctions it levied against Russia
The committee will also invite testimony from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and the ambassadors of Ukraine, Germany and the European Union to Canada.
Freeland is in Indonesia attending a G20 finance ministers’ meeting, and was not immediately available to respond. Russian state-owned energy company Gazprom reduced gas deliveries from its Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs to northeastern Germany, by 60 per cent last month, citing turbine-related technical problems.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this week the decision to deliver the turbines was made so Canada could support European allies that are facing energy crises as Russia constricts access to its oil and gas supply.
But Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the decision as “absolutely unacceptable” earlier this week in video and written statements.
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