Foreign Affairs committee  I'll add a couple of words. I think you make a very important point about the safety of whistle-blowers. This certainly has been an issue. Again, as we know from the Perepilichny case, even abroad the whistle-blowers are apparently not safe. I think the point made by Zhanna is

Foreign Affairs committee  Sure. Thank you very much for the question. The U.S. Magnitsky Act provides for a detailed process about establishing information about these human rights abuses, obviously prior to making decisions about sanctioning those individuals. Part of that process involves getting infor

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the question. They certainly have had a long track record of those kinds of cases. To those that you mentioned, I'd also add Yuri Shchekochikhin. We can add Anna Politkovskaya, who, two years before she was assassinated, was also poisoned on her way to B

Foreign Affairs committee  The notion of targeted individual sanctions under the Magnitsky Act is really without precedent in world history. These are not sanctions against a country, against a people, or even against a government. These are sanctions against individuals who are personally guilty and respo

Foreign Affairs committee  The most important thing is that Canada should not allow corrupt people and human rights abusers to use its financial system, coming to visit, buy homes in the country, and send their children to Canadian schools. That is really important. Most of the reasons why Russian society

Foreign Affairs committee  Can I add a couple of words on this?

Foreign Affairs committee  On your main question, I would also agree in principle. I mean, there can be no objection to making it global, because human rights, by their very nature, are universal and apply to everyone. In principle, then, I think that would be a very honourable thing to do. We had this di

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Honourable members of the committee, thank you very much for this opportunity to appear before you today. In 1991, 25 years ago, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, of which both Russia and Canada are full members, adopted the Mosc