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House Hansard - 150

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
January 31, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 150 - Jan/31/23
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Jan/31/23 2:51:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the people of Ukraine, Iran, Haiti and Myanmar deserve our support. The government constantly pats itself on the back for adding individuals to the sanctions list, but yesterday we learned that the government had only seized one asset in six months. The Liberals claim sanctions are a key piece of our foreign response, but there is no enforcement, there is no investigation and there is almost no seizing of assets. When will the Liberals stop the political theatre and start getting serious on our sanctions regime?
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Context: House Hansard - 150 - Jan/31/23
Hon. Mélanie Joly (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lib.)
  • Jan/31/23 2:51:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, indeed, we have imposed extremely strong sanctions against Russian oligarchs, Belarusian oligarchs, Haiti elite members and Iranians. We want to make sure that now we implement new legislation that we have passed, which will allow us to not only seize assets but to forfeit them. I look forward to working with the member on this very important duty we have. We are the first country in the world doing this, and we will lead.
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Context: House Hansard - 150 - Jan/31/23
Hon. Mélanie Joly (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lib.)
  • Jan/31/23 3:06:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Etobicoke Centre for his important question and also commend him for his excellent French. I had the opportunity to welcome my British counterpart to Toronto a few weeks ago. Together with our allies, we will ensure that the Russian regime is punished for its actions. We have already announced strong sanctions against more than 2,000 Russians and Belarusians who are close to Putin's regime. We also sanctioned the president himself. The Minister of National Defence has announced that heavy artillery will be sent to Ukraine, and we will continue to do more to help the Ukrainian people.
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