Foreign Affairs committee  I'll ask Scott Nesbitt to take that.

Foreign Affairs committee  It's Bill S-223.

Foreign Affairs committee  I would say that sanctions ultimately have a number of goals, one being to change the behaviour of states or individuals. There are other impacts sanctions can have, including signalling, preventative, etc.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Very quickly, yes, this would be bringing us in alignment with the measures a number of our allies are able to impose, including our G7 partners. Some of them are linked to sanctions directly. Others, including the United States, have other mechanisms that

Foreign Affairs committee  Again, as I mentioned earlier, individuals and entities are specifically listed under our autonomous sanctions regime. Also, under UN sanctions, when individuals are listed, they are specifically named. I would say that, from a practical perspective with regard to individuals com

Foreign Affairs committee  I don't want to hypothesize on potential sanctions and get ahead of any decisions of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, but certainly, we look at every case very carefully. Like I said, it's a judicious approach.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm sorry. Could you repeat the question, please?

Foreign Affairs committee  Ultimately, sanctions recommendations are put forward to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who would decide on presenting a recommendation to the Governor in Council, who ultimately would sign off on a sanctions listing.

Foreign Affairs committee  In June of last year, the government passed new amendments to both the Special Economic Measures Act and the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act. These amendments give the government the authority to seize and forfeit any assets that are held in Canada by a liste

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd have to come back to you on the number of individuals who have applied for delisting, but I think it's important to clarify that when we're talking about inadmissibility, we really are talking about those individuals and entities that have specifically b

Foreign Affairs committee  Right, but the point is that sanctions against a country, which can include things like an import ban or an export ban, don't mean, by virtue of having those sanctions on the country, that any individual from that country is inadmissible to Canada. It really is based on the listi

Foreign Affairs committee  As I mentioned before, Canada is very judicious in its approach to applying sanctions. We undertake very careful due diligence to look at not just the impacts on the individuals or entities that we're listing, but the impacts on Canadians or Canadian businesses.

Foreign Affairs committee  Individuals and entities that are listed under Canada's autonomous sanctions are subject to a dealings prohibition, which means that Canadians or persons in Canada cannot actually transact with those individuals or entities.

Foreign Affairs committee  If they're listed, then they would be inadmissible by the new provisions under Bill S-8. Should they be listed under any of the previous triggers, they would have been inadmissible had they been listed under the human rights or corruption trigger of either SEMA or the Justice for

Foreign Affairs committee  To add to that, I would say that Canada is very judicious in its approach to employing sanctions, and when it comes to this particular bill and the amendments it makes to IRPA, it brings all of our autonomous sanctions regimes in line when it comes to inadmissibility. Therefore,