For all its much-touted toughness in imposing economic sanctions against Russia, Canada has been significantly more timid against one particular target: the oil industry, the Canadian Press news service reports.
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A database of sanctions compiled by The Canadian Press suggests Canada has been almost three times less likely to penalize Russian oil companies than the United States.
The Harper government has imposed economic penalties against five Russian oil companies, compared to 13 firms targeted in that same sector by the U.S.
That’s despite the fact that in its vast array of more than 175 sanctions targets, Canada has been as …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
