An Act to amend the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law)

Bill S-247 was a Senate Private Member's Bill amending the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (S.C. 2017, c. 21, the Canadian Magnitsky Act) to expand the federal sanctions framework. The current Act allows the Governor in Council to impose sanctions (asset freezes and travel bans) on foreign nationals responsible for gross human-rights violations or significant corruption. The bill would have added cyber-crime perpetrators, ransomware operators, and state-linked disinformation operators to the categories of designable individuals. Brought after multiple federal-Canadian-jurisdiction ransomware incidents including the 2024 federal Indigenous Services Canada outage and the 2023 Toronto Public Library cyber-attack. Did not pass third reading.