Hkun Lat/Getty Images
A local affiliate of Colliers International, the international property management company headquartered in Toronto, is a leasing agent for a high-end building in Myanmar built on land owned by an arm of the country’s military.
The Sule Square complex is located on land owned by the Quartermaster General Office of the country’s army (officially known as Tatmadaw), which is tasked with securing supplies for its forces – including, activists say, the bullets and artillery used to kill more than 700 civilians since the Feb. 1 coup.
Colliers, which operates in Myanmar through an affiliate, has maintained its interest in the property despite years of efforts by United Nations experts to push foreign companies to sever ties with a military that has a long history of killing its own people, including Rohingya Muslims and anti-coup demonstrators.
Article content
The Canadian government has recently imposed a flurry of sanctions against Russian and Chinese individuals, and in the case of the latter, an entity the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Public Security Bureau. This is a historic step in Canadian sanctions policy and welcome news in demonstrating Canada’s willingness to fight human rights abuses around the world.
However, the question remains as to why Canada continues to resist using the Magnitsky Act against human rights violators. In failing to implement it, our government is signalling that it is content with simply undertaking cursory actions when individual freedoms are attacked.
Annual Information Form Audited Annual Financial Statements Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report: Class A common shares, no par value per share: 99,395,048 Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes Form 40-F - Page 1
Two additional regulations made under the
United Nations Act implement the UN suppression of terrorism sanctions and sanctions against Taliban, ISIL (Da esh) and Al-Qaida. The Canadian authorities do not maintain a consolidated list of all designations under the
United Nations Act regulations. However, the UN publishes a consolidated list of all designations under the UN Security Council resolutions on its website.
The sanctions imposed under the
United Nations Act regulations vary depending on the target jurisdiction or group and generally include arms embargoes, trade restrictions, and prohibitions against providing financial services or technical assistance in respect of such covered activities. In addition, the
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog:
On March 24, 2021, Canada imposed new economic sanctions against nine Russian government officials ( listed person(s) ) implicated in what the Government of Canada believes were gross and systematic violations of human rights. These sanctions reflect concern by the Government of Canada in respect of actions Canada believes were taken by Russian government officials in connection with the poisoning of Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny, his subsequent detention and prosecution, and measures taken against Russian citizens who protested his treatment. In a press release, Canada described the actions of these individuals as a continuing pattern that targets opposition voices and those it deems threatening.