Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2024-11-25 17:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Sameer Zuberi",
        "fr": "M. Sameer Zuberi"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8727435\">With regard to the government's reaction to Euroclear's acknowledgment of the Canadian dollars it holds as a result of maturing Russian-owned securities: (a) what initiatives, if any, has the government taken to determine or exert Canada's jurisdiction over Russian state assets held in correspondent banks or invested in Canadian dollars by Euroclear directly held in Canada or those re-invested in Canadian currency, held in correspondent banks in Canada, or invested in Canadian dollars by Euroclear and other depositories and foreign partnerships; (b) what is the government's estimate of the value of the assets in (a) subject to Canadian jurisdiction (cash, securities, bonds, etc.), including those directly held in Canada and those invested in Canadian currency, broken down by the nature of the assets; and (c) what steps has the government taken since the announcement of the Canada-Ukraine Strategic Security Partnership on February 24, 2024, related to the seizure of Russian state assets held in correspondent banks in Canada and invested in Canadian dollars by Euroclear and other depositories and foreign partnerships, including the (i) date of the event associated with the seizure, (ii) collection information regarding total amounts seized or subject to Canada's authority to seize, (iii) nature of the assets that were seized or subject to the authority to seize?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8727435\">En ce qui concerne la r\u00e9action du gouvernement \u00e0 la d\u00e9claration d\u2019Euroclear, qui reconna\u00eet d\u00e9tenir de l\u2019argent canadien issu d\u2019obligations russes arriv\u00e9es \u00e0 \u00e9ch\u00e9ance: a) quelles mesures le gouvernement a-t-il prises, s\u2019il y a lieu, pour d\u00e9terminer et exercer la comp\u00e9tence du Canada sur les avoirs du gouvernement russe d\u00e9tenus dans des banques correspondantes, sur ceux investis en dollars canadiens par Euroclear et directement d\u00e9tenus au Canada ou r\u00e9investis en dollars canadiens et d\u00e9tenus dans des banques correspondantes au Canada, et sur ceux investis en dollars canadiens par Euroclear et par d\u2019autres organismes de d\u00e9p\u00f4t de fonds et partenariats \u00e9trangers; b) \u00e0 combien le gouvernement estime-t-il la valeur des avoirs en a) sur lesquels le Canada a comp\u00e9tence (liquidit\u00e9s, titres, obligations, etc.), y compris les avoirs directement d\u00e9tenus au Canada et ceux investis en dollars canadiens, ventil\u00e9e selon leur nature; c) quelles mesures le gouvernement a-t-il prises depuis l\u2019annonce de l\u2019Accord de coop\u00e9ration en mati\u00e8re de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 entre le Canada et l\u2019Ukraine le 24 f\u00e9vrier 2024 \u00e0 propos de la saisie des avoirs russes d\u00e9tenus dans des banques correspondantes au Canada et investis en dollars canadiens par Euroclear et d\u2019autres organismes de d\u00e9p\u00f4t de fonds et partenariats \u00e9trangers, y compris (i) la date de l\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement li\u00e9 \u00e0 la saisie des avoirs, (ii) l\u2019information recueillie sur le total des montants saisis ou que les autorit\u00e9s canadiennes ont le pouvoir de saisir, (iii) la nature des avoirs qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 saisis ou que les autorit\u00e9s ont le pouvoir de saisir?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2024/11/25/shuv-majumdar-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/shuv-majumdar/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4659/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "p8727435",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Questions on the Order Paper",
        "fr": "Questions au Feuilleton"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Question No.3058\u2014",
        "fr": "Question no 3058 \u2014"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2024/11/25/",
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    }
}