Thu, April 21, 2022
Premiers, mayors, senior intelligence and military officials and a handful of Canadian journalists are now banned from entering Russia following the latest round of sanctions announced by President Vladimir Putin’s regime.
On Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry added 61 Canadians to what it calls its “stop list,” prohibiting them from entering Russia indefinitely.
All are accused of being “involved in the development, substantiation and implementation of the Russophobic course of the ruling regime in Canada,” said the ministry.
When he heard that he’d been banned, Lloyd Axworthy, a Chrétien-era cabinet minister who now heads the World Refugee Council, laughed it off.
“The old saying is that you’re well known by the company you keep and by the company that doesn’t like you,” he said.
“It’s not surprising but it indicates to me how silly they really are.”
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, who supported installing bilingual “Free-Libre Ukraine” signs outside the Russian embassy, said he’ll continue to support Ukrainians and “antagonize the Russians.”
“I had no plans to go to Moscow or any part of Russia and wouldn’t do so because I don’t want to give them any element of support,” he told CBC.
“But it’s a serious issue. They’re doing this because, quite frankly, I think they’re losing the public relations war as a result of their illegal occupation of parts of Ukraine.”
The sanctions were imposed in the same week the Canadian government announced its own new round of sanctions targeting individuals with ties to the Russian government — including Putin’s daughters.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also announced this week plans to send heavy artillery to Ukraine as Russian forces step up their attacks in the country’s eastern regions.
The 61 people added to Russia’s growing “stop list” are:
Cameron Ahmad, director of communications to the prime minister
Maj-Gen. Steve Boivin, commander of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command
Jeremy Broadhurst, senior adviser to the prime minister
Shelly Bruce, head of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE)
Vice-Admiral Craig Baines, commander of the Royal Canadian Navy
Halyna Vynnyk, head of the League of Ukrainian Canadian Women
David Vigneault, director of the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS
Terry Glavin, journalist and columnist
Balkan Devlen, senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Romeo Dallaire, retired senator and former Canadian Forces lieutenant-general
Col. Ryan Deming, commander of the 8 Wing division at the Canadian Forces Base in Trenton
Lt.-Gen. Luc-Frederic Gilbert, commander of the Operation Unifier training mission in Ukraine
John Ivison, journalist and columnist at the National Post
Martine Irman, chair of Export Development Canada (EDC)
Jason Kenney, premier of Alberta
Brian Clow, deputy chief of staff to the prime minister
Dan Costello, foreign and defence policy adviser to the prime minister
Frederick Côté, former commander of the Unifier training mission
Melanie Lake, former commander of the Unifier training mission
Mark MacKinnon, senior international correspondent Globe and Mail
Shuvaloy Majumdar, senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Sabrina Maddeaux, columnist
Tiff Macklem, governor of the Bank of Canada
Roman Medyk, Chair, BCU Foundation
Michael Melling, head of CTV News
Borys Myhajlets , Ukrainian League of Canada
Scott Moe, premier of Saskatchewan
David Morrison, deputy minister of international trade and personal representative of the prime minister for the G7
Lt.-Gen. Al Meinzinger, commander of the Canadian Air Force
Ketty Nivyabandi, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada
Sandra Aube, chief of staff to the minister of foreign affairs
Vice-Admiral Robert Auchterlonie, commander of the Canadian Joint Operations Command
Mike Power, chief of staff to the minister of national defence
Lt.-Gen. Alain Pelletier, deputy commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command
Bob Rae, Canadian ambassador to the United Nations
Michael Sabia, deputy minister of finance
Rear Admiral Brian Santarpia, commander of Maritime Forces Atlantic and Joint Task Force Atlantic
Jill Sinclair, Canada’s representative to the Ukraine Defence Reform Advisory Board
Heather Stefanson, premier of Manitoba
Ryan Stimpson, former commander of the Unifier training mission
Maj.-Gen. Michel-Henri St-Louis, acting commander of the Canadian Army
John Tory, mayor of Toronto
Patrick Travers, senior foreign policy adviser to the prime minister
Jeffrey Toope, former commander of the Unifier training mission
Catherine Tait, president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Katie Telford, chief of staff to the prime minister
David Walmsley, editor-in-chief of the Globe and Mail
Jim Watson, mayor of Ottawa
Graham Flack, secretary of the Treasury Board
Doug Ford, premier of Ontario
David Fraser, retired major general
Michael Harris, contributing editor with The Tyee
Tasha Kheiriddin, National Post columnist
Sarah Heer, former commander of the Unifier training mission
John Horgan, premier of British Columbia
Leslie Church, chief of staff to the deputy prime minister and minister of finance
Janice Charette, acting clerk of the Privy Council
Richard Shimooka, fellow at the MacDonald-Laurier Institute;
Chris Ecklund, founder of FightForUkraine.ca
Lloyd Axworthy, chair of the World Refugee Council
Oz Jungic, policy adviser to the prime minister.
