Category: Economic Sanctions

On April 11, 2023, Canada announced new sanctions targeting Russia and Belarus. These sanctions, effective retroactively as of April 5, 2023, are intended to “maintain pressure on the Russian regime”. The announcement coincides with a meeting between Prime Minister Trudeau and the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Smyhal, which was held in Toronto yesterday. The… Continue reading Canada Imposes Additional Sanctions on Russia and Belarus to “Maintain…

On March 23, 2023, Canada imposed additional sanctions against Iran under the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations (the “Iran Regulations”). This tenth round of sanctions includes eight individuals and two entities, who have been targeted for “gross and systemic human rights violations”. According to Canada, “[t]he sanctioned entities support the Iranian regime by helping them disrupt and manipulate the… Continue reading Canada’s Tenth Package of Sanctions Against Iran Targets “Gross and…

On March 23, 2023, Canada further amended the Special Economic Measures (Haiti) Regulations (the “Haiti Regulations”) by imposing additional sanctions against two individuals. This marks Canada’s seventh round of sanctions against “Haitian elites”. To date, eleven individuals are listed under Part One of the Schedule of the Haiti Regulations for a “grave breach of international… Continue reading Canada Imposes a Seventh Round of Sanctions Targeting “Haitian Elites”

On March 10, 2023, Deputy Prime Minister Freeland announced that Canada is banning Russian aluminum and steel imports into Canada. Canada has justified this import ban as a way to “further deny Russia the ability to generate the revenues it needs to pay for its war against Ukraine”.  This announcement comes exactly one year following Canada’s import ban… Continue reading Canada Bans Import of Aluminum and Steel Products From Russia

Canada has imposed additional sanctions on 12 individuals under Schedule 1 of the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations (the “Iran Regulations”). These sanctions, announced on February 27, 2023, target “senior officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) who have participated in gross and systematic human rights violations in Iran, including through the lethal… Continue reading New Sanctions Imposed Against the Iranian Regime in Response to…

On February 24, 2023, Prime Minister Trudeau announced additional measures to continue supporting the people of Ukraine, including imposing sanctions against 129 individuals and 63 entities. These additional sanctions come one year following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and add to the list of over 1200 individuals and 340 entities sanctioned under the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (the “Russia… Continue reading Canada Marks One Year Since the Start of Russia’s Invasion…

On February 15, 2023, the Government of Canada further amended the Special Economic Measures (Haiti) Regulations (the “Haiti Regulations”) by imposing new sanctions against two individuals who, according to Canada, have “engaged in significant acts of corruption”. This is the sixth round of sanctions targeting Haitian “members of the economic and political elite” since the Haiti Regulations entered into… Continue reading Canada Targets Additional “Haitian Elites” in the Sixth Round of…

Canada has added 38 individuals and 16 entities “complicit in peddling Russian disinformation and propaganda” to the designated persons list under the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations. These sanctions are in response to “Russian disinformation operations” which has resulted in the “rallying of misguided support to the Russian regime and prolonging the suffering of millions of… Continue reading Russian Propaganda and Disinformation Once Again the Target of Canadian…