e-394 (International sanctions)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-109-01 Government Response to petitions concerning international sanctions
- Civil and human rights
- Foreign persons
- Victims of crime
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
- Prior to Canada’s 2015 general election, all parties in the House of Commons unanimously promised to support legislation modeled on the Magnitsky Act, which seeks to freeze assets and ban Russian human-rights violators from entering Canada;
- A similar sanctions list has already passed in the U.S. Congress and the European Parliament;
- A Canadian version of the legislation, Bill C-267 -The Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law), has been introduced in the Canadian House of Commons;
- Blocking the proposed Sergei Magnitsky Law would send the international community a signal that we are abandoning our Canadian principles and convictions by rewarding Russian human-rights abusers and corrupt officials;
- Canadians do not wish to have foreign human-rights violators use Canada as a safe haven by abusing our banks, businesses, and visa system;
- Canadians expect their Members of Parliament to support and never surrender the core values that all Canadians share – democracy, the rule of law, and basic human rights.
- Open for signature
- June 2, 2016, at 4:15 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- September 30, 2016, at 4:15 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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James Bezan
(Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman)
November 4, 2016 (Petition No. 421-00864) - Government response tabled
- January 30, 2017