The sanctions being announced today are a repudiation of Syria’s
While the United States and the European Union have already herve leger dresses taken action against Syria, Mr. Baird said that Canada’s decision was delayed by the campaign for the May 2 election.
The current wave of democratic unrest in the Middle East and in northern Africa will be on the agenda when the leaders of the G8 gather in France for a summit on Thursday and Friday. In a statement, Mr. Harper said the Syrian government’s actions, which have led to hundreds of deaths and thousands of arrests, are destabilizing the entire region.
“The sanctions being announced today are a repudiation of Syria’s blatant violation of its international human rights obligations that threaten the security of the entire Middle East,” Mr. Harper said.
The Canadian government is trying to ensure that members of governing families in dictatorships do not seek refuge in Canada or use the country’s banks to hide their wealth. The government is still trying to find a way Herve leger Dresses on sale to confiscate funds in Canada that belong to the former ruling family of Tunisia.
“Canada will ensure that persons associated with the Syrian government who are believed to be inadmissible to Canada are prevented from travelling to Canada,” the government in the statement that laid out the latest sanctions. “Canada will impose an asset freeze against people associated with the current Syrian regime and entities involved in security and military operations against the Syrian people.”
Recent statistics show that Canada’s exports to Syria totalled about $60-million in 2009.
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