Thank you for the question.
There is no definition of “country” in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. That's one point.
That in and of itself doesn't affect the administration of the inadmissibility provisions, however, because the sanction is imposed by the Governor in Council or whatever instrument is provided in those other statutes, for instance, the Special Economic Measures Act or the United Nations Act.
For immigration purposes, there is no different definition from what is provided in the statute that allows the government to impose the sanction in the first place. There is no definition, but we also don't apply any definitions, either.