Originally Posted by mopek1

"The comments mark a rare point of friction between Canada and Ukraine at a time when Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made censure of Russia and solidarity with Kiev a centrepiece of government policy, measures that play well with the more than one million Canadians of Ukrainian descent."

Backs up what I said earlier. But to hear this is even worse. It means we are now seen as a country who won't keep their word when someone is in trouble.