‘Outplayed and outmaneuvered’: Joly, Wilkinson spar with opposition MPs over Russian turbine decision

Ukrainian Ambassador Yulia Kovaliv says Canada is on a ‘slippery slope’ in offering the exemption, despite sanctions made in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson defended the government's decision to authorize a Canadian company to break sanctions against Russia in order to return turbines to Germany during their Aug. 4 testimony at the House Foreign Affairs Committee.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

August 4, 2022

Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada Yulia Kovaliv says Canada’s attempt to call Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “bluff” has “obviously failed” following the controversial decision to return a Russian-owned gas turbine despite sanctions.

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