Garnett Genuis at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On November 5th, 2020. See this statement in context.

November 5th, 2020 / 4:40 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Sproule, my colleague, Mr. Chong, asked you about the use of the Special Economic Measures Act as opposed to the Magnitsky act, and you said that the criteria were clearly met for the Special Economic Measures Act.

I just want to probe that a little bit. Is the implication that the criteria were not met for the Magnitsky sanctions? Are the criteria different for those different sanction vehicles? What are the practical consequences of choosing one sanctions vehicle over the other?

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