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A draft of a new Canadian law that would impose sanctions on officials from Russia and other nations considered guilty of human rights violations passes unanimously in late House of Commons vote Wednesday with 277 for and 0 votes against, CBC News reported.
The bill was inspired by the case of Sergei Magnitsky, an anti-corruption lawyer who died in 2009 after a year in a Russian jail, according to CBC News.
"Should Bill S-226 be passed by the Senate and receive royal assent, it will enable Canada to sanction, impose travel bans on and hold accountable those responsible for gross human rights violations and significant corruption," Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a statement after the vote.
Canada has repeatedly condemned Moscow over Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and has imposed sanctions against Russia along with other Western nations.
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