Sanctions freeze their Canadian assets, but they don’t also automatically trigger inadmissibility, Canada Border Services Agency says
“The sanctions applied to date in response to the situation in Ukraine do not presently trigger inadmissibility” under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Canada Border Services Agency confirmed.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
Maéva Proteau, director of communications for Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, said that “although it does not trigger immediate inadmissibility, the fact that someone is sanctioned is of course taken into consideration” in deciding whether to allow the individual into Canada.Article contentRachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C.
“And also of these 1,500 people, how many of them have made an attempt to enter Canada, is another important question,” Bellissimo noted. Critics have taken the Liberal government to task for what they say is a lack of transparency on how well sanctions are actually working, at a time when Canada is sanctioning more individuals than ever as a key part of its foreign policy. That includes information about how many of those individuals have actually had their money frozen, had money in Canada in the first place, or why they were chosen to be on the sanctions list.