Bills 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

[...] First Session, Forty-fifth Parliament, 3-4 Charles III, 2025 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-219 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 Special Economic Measures Act and the Broadcasting Act FIRST READING, September 16, 2025 Mr.

[...] Finally, it amends the Broadcasting Act to prohibit the issue or renewal of a licence in relation to a broadcasting undertaking, or to revoke the licence of a broadcasting undertaking, that is vulnerable to being significantly influenced by a foreign national or entity that has committed acts or omissions that the Senate or the House of Commons has recognized as genocide or that is the subject of sanctions under the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) or under the Special Economic Measures Act.‍‍

[...] ) an outline of the measures that the Government of Canada has taken to advance human rights internationally as part of Canada’s foreign policy; (b) a list that sets out the following information relating to prisoners of conscience for whose release the Government of Canada is actively working: (i) the number of prisoners of conscience detained by each foreign state, within the meaning of section 2 of the Sergei Magnitsky Global Sanctions Act or section 2 of the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law), which detain such prisoners, (ii) the names of the prisoners of conscience, (iii) the circumstances of the detentions, (iv) the efforts that the Government of Canada has made to visit those prisoners and to attend their trials or hearings, including the number of requests made for such visits and the responses of the foreign state, and (v) other actions taken by the Government of Canada to support prisoners of conscience, including those detained

[...] End of inserted block 2017, c. 21Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law)3 Section 2 of the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order: transnational repression means tactics used by a foreign state to intimidate, harass, surveil or threaten individuals or groups located outside the state borders or physically harm such individuals or members of such groups, including elected officials, political dissidents, human rights defenders, exiled journalists, diaspora communities, civil society activists and refugees, for the purpose of silencing dissent and stifling activism.‍

[...] Magnitsky Global Sanctions Act”. 1991, c. 11Broadcasting Act23 The Broadcasting Act is amended by adding the following after subsection 22(1): Restriction — broadcasting undertakings subject to influence Start of inserted block (1.‍1) No licence shall be issued or renewed under this Part in relation to a broadcasting undertaking, including one that distributes foreign programming that is — despite any measure that the Commission could take under this Part — vulnerable to being significantly influenced by a foreign national or entity (a) that has committed acts or omissions that the Senate or the House of Commons has recognized as genocide; or (b) that is the subject of an order or regulation made under section 4 of the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) or section 4 of the Sergei Magnitsky Global Sanctions Act.