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Canada wants to use seized Russian assets to help Ukraine victims

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says 'Canada will not stand idly by' as Russia attempts to 'redraw the borders of Ukraine with impunity' [File: Patrick Doyle/Reuters]

Canada is moving forward with efforts to pass legislation that would allow it to redistribute seized Russian assets to compensate victims of the war in Ukraine, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly has said.

Speaking to reporters in the capital Ottawa on Wednesday, Joly said Canada would become the first G7 industrialised nation to allow such asset forfeitures and is proposing allies follow suit.

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