Prime ministers, mayors, senior intelligence and military officials and a handful of Canadian journalists have already been banned from entering Russia following the latest round of sanctions announced by President Vladimir Putin’s regime.
On Thursday, Russia’s foreign ministry added 61 Canadians to what it called its “stop list” by banning them from entering Russia indefinitely.
All are accused of being “involved in developing, justifying and implementing the Russophobic course of the ruling regime in Canada,” the ministry said.
When he heard that it had been banned, Lloyd Axworthy, a minister from the Chrétien era who now heads the World Refugee Council, laughed.
“The old saying is that you are well known by the company you support and the company you don’t like,” he said.
“It’s not surprising, but it shows me how stupid they really are.”
The sanctions were imposed the same week when the Canadian government announced its own new round of sanctions against people with ties to the Russian government – including Putin’s daughters.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also announced this week that he plans to send heavy artillery to Ukraine as Russian forces step up attacks in the country’s eastern regions.
The 61 people added to Russia’s growing “stop list” are:
- Cameron Ahmad, Director of Communications under the Prime Minister
- Major General Steve Boyvin, Commander of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command
- Jeremy Broadhurst, Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister
- Shelley Bruce, Head of Communications Security (CSE)
- Vice Admiral Craig Baines, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy
- Halina Vinnik, head of the League of Ukrainian Canadian Women
- David Vinho, Director of the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS)
CSIS Director David Vinho was included in the latest round of retaliatory sanctions. (Sean Kilpatrick / Canadian Press)
- Terry Glavin, journalist and columnist
- Balkan Devlen, Senior Fellow, McDonald-Lorie Institute
- Romeo Dahler, retired senator and former lieutenant general of the Canadian forces
- Colonel Ryan Deming, Commander of Division 8 Wings at the Canadian Forces Base in Trenton
- Lieutenant General Luke-Frederick Gilbert, Commander of the Training Mission of Operation Unifier in Ukraine
- John Ivison, journalist and columnist for the National Post
- Martin Irman, President of Export Development Canada (EDC)
- Jason Kenny, Prime Minister of Alberta
Prime Minister Jason Kenny has been banned from visiting Russia. (Mike Simington / CBC)
- Brian Clow, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister
- Dan Costello, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign and Defense Policy
- Frederick Kote, former commander of the Unfier training mission
- Melanie Lake, former commander of the Unifier training mission
- Mark McKinnon, Senior International Correspondent, Globe and Mail
I receive many “congratulations” answers to this. But for me, this is a really sad day. I loved my time in Russia and found many friends there (although many left). I have always tried to report honestly about the country. I guess that was the problem. https://t.co/o8BjheD3yr
– @markmackinnon
- Shuvaloy Majumdar, Senior Fellow, McDonald-Lorie Institute
- Sabrina Maddo, columnist
- Typh MacLeam, Governor of the Bank of Canada
Typh MacLeam is the Governor of the Bank of Canada. (Sean Kilpatrick / Canadian Press)
- Roman Medic, senior investment adviser at BMO
- Michael Melling, head of CTV News
- Boris Mihaylets, Ukrainian League of Canada
- Scott Mo, Prime Minister of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan’s Prime Minister Scott Moe spoke to reporters. (Moreen Mugerwa / CBC)
- David Morrison, Deputy Minister of International Trade and Personal Representative of the Prime Minister for the G-7
- Lieutenant General Al Mainzinger, Commander of the Canadian Air Force
- Katie Nivyabandi, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada
- Sandra Obe, Chief of Staff to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Vice Admiral Robert Ochterloni, Commander of the Canadian Joint Operations Command
- Mike Power, Chief of Staff to the Secretary of National Defense
- Lieutenant General Alain Pelletier, Deputy Commander of the North American Aerospace Command
- Bob Ray, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
- Michael Sabia, Deputy Minister of Finance
- Rear Admiral Brian Santarpia, Commander of the Atlantic Naval Forces and the Joint Atlantic Task Force
- Jill Sinclair, Canada’s representative on the Defense Reform Advisory Board in Ukraine
- Heather Stephenson, Prime Minister of Manitoba
Manitoba Prime Minister Heather Stephenson can no longer visit Russia. (David Lipnowski / Canadian Press)
- Ryan Stimpson, former commander of the Unifier training mission
- Major General Michel-Henri St. Louis, Acting Commander of the Canadian Army
- John Torrey, Mayor of Toronto
- Patrick Travers, Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister
- Jeffrey Tupep, former commander of the Unifier training mission
- Catherine Tate, President of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
- Katie Telford, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff, Katie Telford, on the campaign bus. Telford and a handful of other PMO officials have been added to Russia’s list. (Sean Kilpatrick / Canadian Press)
- David Walmsley, Editor-in-Chief of Globe and Mail
- Jim Watson, Mayor of Ottawa
- Graham Flack, Secretary of the Finance Council
- Doug Ford, Prime Minister of Ontario
Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford is also on the list. (CBC)
- David Fraser, retired major general
- Michael Harris, Associate Editor with The Tyee
- Tasha Heyridin, National Post columnist
- Sarah Hare, former commander of the Unifier training mission
- John Horgan, Prime Minister of British Columbia
- Leslie Church, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
- Janice Sharett, Acting Secret Council official
- Richard Shimuka, Fellow at the McDonald-Lorie Institute;
- Chris Eklund, founder of FightForUkraine.ca
- Lloyd Axworthy, President of the World Refugee Council
- Oz Jungic, political adviser to the Prime Minister
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