Rachel Bendayan at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On May 9th, 2023. See this statement in context.

May 9th, 2023 / 12:20 p.m.

Liberal

Thank you.

I believe it was at second reading of Bill S‑8 that Minister Mendicino stated the following:

“[S]anctions issued against groups and non-state entities, such as al Qaeda or ISIL, do not automatically trigger sanctions-related inadmissibility ground.”

Does that mean that individuals who are part of al Qaeda or ISIL—or the Wagner Group, for example, should we sanction them—are not automatically sanctioned? If that's the case, can you explain the process by which they would be sanctioned?

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