An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act, the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law), the Broadcasting Act and the Prohibiting Cluster Munitions Act
Sponsor:
Philip Lawrence, Member of Parliament (Northumberland—Peterborough South)
Proposed changes
This enactment amends the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act to impose certain reporting requirements on the Minister of Foreign Affairs in relation to international human rights. It also amends the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) to require the Minister of Foreign Affairs to respond within 40 days to a report submitted by a parliamentary committee that recommends that sanctions be imposed under that Act against a foreign national.
Finally, it amends the Prohibiting Cluster Munitions Act to prohibit a person from investing in an entity that has contravened certain provisions of the Act.
What MPs said
The most recent recorded speeches on this bill. Links go to the official transcript of that sitting.