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) and the Special Economic Measures Act
Short title: International Anti-Corruption and Human Rights Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law No. 3)
Sponsor: James Bezan, Member of Parliament (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman)
Proposed changes
This enactment amends the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act to impose certain 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 provide that (a) transnational repression be sanctioned; (b) visas or other documents must not be issued to immediate family members of a foreign national who is the subject of an order or regulation made under section 4 of the Act; (c) a copy of each order or regulation made under paragraph 4(1)(b) of the Act must be tabled in each House of Parliament; (d) the Minister must respond to a report submitted by a parliamentary committee that recommends that sanctions be imposed under the Act against a foreign national…
It further amends that Act to provide that (a) transnational repression be sanctioned; (b) visas or other documents must not be issued to immediate family members of a foreign national who is the subject of an order or regulation made under section 4 of the Act; (c) the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada must provide the Minister with information that is relevant to the making, administering or enforcing of the order or regulation against a foreign state or person; (d) every order or regulation made under paragraph 4(1)(b) of the Act must be tabled in each House of Parliament; and (e) the punishment under paragraph 8(a) of the Act be increased.