‘Risk aversion’ complicates passage of Senate bill to repurpose frozen assets for victims

'The objective of many private members' bills, as this one is, is to raise the bar on awareness and persuade the government to do it sooner rather than later,' says Senator Ratna Omidvar.

Despite a similar initiative being previously promised by the Liberals in the past, it is unclear if the government will back Independent Senator Ratna Omidvar's Bill S-217.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of Ratna Omidvar

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BY NEIL MOSS

December 8, 2021

While there is cross-party support for legislation to repurpose frozen assets to benefit victims, the legislative effort is once again coming from Independent Senator Ratna Omidvar as the government has yet to move forward on a promise to create a regime to transfer assets from human rights violator...

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