That's not reading the bill. If you read the bill, the bill itself clearly states that an order in council decides who goes on the list to be sanctioned, and Parliament has oversight, both in the Senate and in the House and the foreign affairs committee. Also, there's fairness in that people put on the list can actually appeal to get off the list. There is fairness; there is a way to deal with this, and I think it's been done in a reasonable way.
Also, it's not just targeted at the kleptocrats in the Kremlim. It's also targeted at gross human rights violators and those who are abusing their positions of authority around the world. You have Maduro down in Venezuela right now, who has starved out a pile of his citizens and who should be on this list, now that we have it—a way to use food as a weapon that I'm sure he learned from Lenin and Stalin. This is reality, in trying to make sure that Canada will not be used as a safe haven for money garnered through illicit means from corrupt foreign officials, which includes Russian and Ukrainian ones. If those who are committing gross human rights violations can be held to account, Canada can then project its values.
You wrote, back in March 2014 in The Globe and Mail that “Ukrainians should ignore all the legal advice and be prepared to let Crimea go”. Do you still see Crimea as Ukrainian, or do you see it as Russian territory?