text: I have no problem with Canadian troops providing non-lethal training to Ukraine's new army, but we shouldn't do anything that helps them continue to kill eastern Ukrainian civilians or perpetuate the conflict there.
  
  While I think Chrystia Freeland is an excellent cabinet member, she, and the PM, should not allow her personal loyalties to Ukraine to colour Canada's foreign policy; her first and only responsibility is the interests of Canada.
  
  The U.S. provoked Russia over Ukraine by continuing its Cold War policy of military encirclement. We all know from history how the U.S. would react to a pro-Russia coup in Mexico or Canada. It would be at least as severe as Russia's reaction to the CIA supported coup that threatened to put NATO missiles on its Ukraine border and threatened the loss of its Black Sea naval base in Crimea.
  
  Canada needs to play its traditional role of de-fusing tensions and bringing nations together, rather than separating them and encouraging war.