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Bill S-226 (42-1)
An Act to provide for the taking of restrictive measures in respect of foreign nationals responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights and to make related amendments to the Special Economic Measures Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
Sponsor: Sen. Raynell Andreychuk | Type: Senate Public Bill | Introduced: 2017-04-13 | Royal Assent: 2017-10-18
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immigration
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Critical Analysis — What This Bill Actually Does
Canada's Magnitsky Act — allows the government to freeze assets and ban entry of foreign nationals accused of human rights violations. While targeting corruption abroad, it grants the executive significant unilateral power to sanction individuals based on intelligence assessments without criminal conviction. No judicial review of the underlying intelligence is required.
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Parliamentary Vote
271 Yea — 0 Nay (323 MPs recorded)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Paired | Total |
|---|
| Liberal | 148 | 0 | 19 | 167 |
| Conservative | 69 | 0 | 21 | 90 |
| NDP | 34 | 0 | 8 | 42 |
| Bloc | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 11 | 0 | 3 | 14 |