Senators Urge Ottawa to Give Sanctions Regime the Same Clarity, Assessment as Allies

Senators Urge Ottawa to Give Sanctions Regime the Same Clarity, Assessment as Allies
Peter Boehm speaks at a Canadian International Council event in Ottawa on May 10, 2018. The Canadian Press/ Patrick Doyle
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The Senate foreign-affairs committee is calling on Ottawa to clarify the reasons it issues sanctions and improve the ways it assesses whether financial embargoes and travel bans are actually working.

Senators say in a new report that Ottawa needs to be more transparent about how it chooses to sanctions people, how those who are targeted can appeal a sanction and what exactly is expected of businesses.