Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the question. The first part, on what a sanction is, is interesting, because if you look at our legislation, you see the word “sanction” is actually not used. It is a generic term, and countries understand what it refers to. It's an imposition of limitati

Foreign Affairs committee  It's through orders in council and the publishing of the names. To answer the second part of your question, on how we decide, this is done on the basis of what we want to accomplish. Again, that's why it's a flexible tool, but it's not the only tool that we have when we want to

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, family members of some Russian leaders and oligarchs are also listed when we have reasons to believe that they'd benefit from the proceeds of their illicit activities. That's the thing. We list individuals whom we have very good information on, which leads us to believe in

Foreign Affairs committee  Of course. Yes, I'm sorry.

Foreign Affairs committee  Again, I want to—

Foreign Affairs committee  Again, I'll say that the Minister of Foreign Affairs is the regulator and the responsible authority for this. I would like to give the floor to my colleague Ms. Langlois, who could give you a more specific answer.

Foreign Affairs committee  Your previous question sought to determine why only one asset was seized. It's simply because of the problem of access to information. Indeed, oligarchs are very good at hiding their assets. They don't put together lists of what they own here under their own name. It's one of the

Foreign Affairs committee  That's right. We’re talking about bank accounts automatically frozen by financial institutions. However, we have to take into account the fact that it's a very large number of financial transactions. We’re talking about hundreds, maybe even thousands of frozen financial transacti

Foreign Affairs committee  As for Haiti, technically, as soon as a series of sanctions gets announced, assets are officially frozen. They prohibit all Canadians from engaging in transactions. However, those assets haven't been seized yet.

Foreign Affairs committee  I don't have the precise number with me. I would say the number of requests has probably been in the dozens. I would have to come back with a precise number for what has actually been approved. Of course, there's a distinction here. Are we talking only about Russia? Are we talki

Foreign Affairs committee  That was a key recommendation and I think one of the most important developments. We now have frequent exchanges. The modification of the legislation has also allowed for greater sharing of information, which really enhances our ability, especially in the context of seizure and f

Foreign Affairs committee  GAC is the regulator. The Minister of Foreign Affairs is the overall administrator of the sanctions regime and has an oversight role. Of course, GAC does not have law enforcement capacity, so enforcement, investigation, etc., are under the purview of the RCMP and Public Safety.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, indeed. I named the usual suspects, if you will, with whom we really coordinate very closely, and that's the U.S., the European Union and the U.K. Very few countries have autonomous sanctions regimes. Japan, I believe, has one. Australia and New Zealand are smaller players,

Foreign Affairs committee  I do have these numbers, if you will just give me a second. I believe that, for Iran, we have a total of 156 individuals and 192 entities listed under our autonomous sanctions.

Foreign Affairs committee  The number of individuals to this day who have been sanctioned in Haiti is 19.