Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. It's a pleasure to be here before this committee, which I always regarded during my years in Parliament as an unsung hero of the Canadian parliamentary process, given the depth and breadth of the inquiries that have been undertaken over the year

Foreign Affairs committee  It's hard to speculate, because one of the things about President-elect Trump is that he is unpredictable, particularly in matters relating to foreign policy. With respect to the United States, given their system and the separation of powers, it is possible for Congress to do a

Foreign Affairs committee  I think that if the legislation is crafted carefully, specifically both in its identification of the criminality to be sanctioned and in its identification of the remedies available from a due process point of view, then I think we can leave it to our governmental authorities and

Foreign Affairs committee  I think whenever you have legislation that is either overbroad or unclear, then you run the risk of both a challenge and then the uncertainty of what a court might do. That's why I said that the issue of due process needs to be built into any sanctions legislation that we might s

Foreign Affairs committee  I don't understand that the foreign minister has opposed that legislation. From what I understand, he's waiting to see the outcome of the proceedings before this committee. This relates to your opening statement, which is an important one in a larger context, about engagement, le

Foreign Affairs committee  The type of legislation I proposed as a template seeks to amend SEMA and includes acting with respect to corrupt officials not simply by request but on our own initiative, but whatever sanctioning legislation is ultimately adopted, I think it's important that there also be a due

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, like Mr. Kasparov I'm delighted to be here, and I appreciate the invitation to participate in the context of your review of the Freezing Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act and the Special Economic Measures Act. I am doing so against th