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Globe and Mail
13 minutes ago
- Globe and Mail
U.S. places sanctions on four ICC officials, including Canadian jurist
The United States has issued new sanctions against senior officials with the International Criminal Court, including against a Canadian jurist, threatening to increase friction between Ottawa and Washington as trade talks continue. The U.S. sanctioned two of the court's deputy prosecutors as well as two judges, a French jurist and Kimberly Prost, a University of Manitoba graduate who spent nearly two decades with Justice Canada before moving overseas. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the court 'a national security threat that has been an instrument for lawfare against the United States and our close ally Israel.' The ICC has 125 member countries, including Canada – but not the U.S. or Israel. Mr. Rubio faulted Ms. Prost for ruling in favour of an investigation into U.S. personnel in Afghanistan. She was one of five judges who decided unanimously in 2020 to authorize an investigation into war crimes committed in Afghanistan by the Taliban, Afghan forces and members of the U.S. military and Central Intelligence Agency, which operated secret detention facilities. Canada has been a leading supporter of The Hague-based court, with Canadians occupying pivotal roles in the negotiations toward its establishment in 2002. Ottawa has also provided considerable financial backing. Ms. Prost is the second Canadian to serve as a judge on the ICC. The Donald Trump administration has criticized the court for overstepping its bounds by issuing a war crimes arrest warrant for Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and investigating U.S. military conduct. The new U.S. measures, which build on sanctions against four ICC judges in June, raise a raft of potential issues for those named as well as institutional issues for the court in dealings with financial institutions, companies and groups with American ties. Mr. Trump also directed sanctions toward the court in his first term, but the scope of his actions this year goes well beyond what he has done previously, by sanctioning judges in addition to prosecutors. 'This is incredibly disturbing,' said Sara Ochs, a legal scholar at Elon University who has written on the U.S. relationship with the ICC. Those judges 'were merely following their judicial obligations and authorizing investigations pursuant to guidelines set forth in the Court's governing legislation,' she said. 'To me, this clearly shows the administration's position on international criminal justice, which is that the powerful should be able to avoid accountability for even the worst crimes.' It also raises a new set of complications for Canadian leadership, which is in the midst of trade talks with a Trump administration that has shown a willingness to respond with economic punishment to non-trade issues. Prime Minister Mark Carney 'is going to have to be pretty careful here in how he responds,' said John Boscariol, an international trade lawyer with McCarthy Tétrault. Any reaction will need to be weighed against how it 'might impact ongoing negotiations for a trade deal.' Trump administration sanctions four ICC judges for 'targeting' U.S., Israel Opinion: Canada must come off the sidelines of international justice The International Criminal Court is a permanent judicial body tasked with investigating and prosecuting some of humanity's worst conduct, but its lofty ideals have often clashed with the interests of individual countries, including those who are signatories to the Rome Statute that established the court. Earlier this year, Hungary said it would withdraw from the court, after its Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, declared that the arrest warrant against Mr. Netanyahu would have 'no effect' on Hungarian soil. Last year, too, Mongolia ignored an ICC arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin stemming from the invasion of Ukraine. Earlier this year, Italy did the same, freeing a Libyan wanted for war crimes. 'States' compliance with the International Criminal Court is poor at best. This is not only the United States,' said Mark Drumbl, director of the Transnational Law Institute at Washington and Lee University. Those working with the ICC, meanwhile, should not have been surprised that powerful countries would respond to the court's actions, said Prof. Drumbl, who is Canadian. 'You're a high-profile institution targeting national leaders and accusing them of war crimes. You don't think this is going to have blowback?' he said. 'To be shocked that this happened strikes me as a little bit of pearl-clutching.' Mr. Rubio, on Wednesday urged other countries to oppose the work of the court, which he called a 'bankrupt institution.' U.S. allies should keep in mind that for many, their 'freedom was purchased at the price of great American sacrifices,' he said. France, however, declared its 'unwavering support' for the ICC, while the court itself decried what it called an affront to 'the rules-based international order and, above all, millions of innocent victims across the world.' Neither Ms. Prost nor Global Affairs Canada responded to requests for comment. Canada already has in place the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act which allows the Attorney-General, in tandem with the Foreign Minister, to prohibit people in Canada from abiding by certain foreign sanctions. That law has been most commonly used with companies connected to Cuba, which has spent decades under a U.S. economic embargo but remains a Canadian trading partner. The ICC sanctions 'should be interpreted as a really hostile act' to all countries that support the court, said Jens Iverson, an assistant professor in international legal studies at Leiden University who knows Ms. Prost. They should be seen as the U.S. 'abusing the power it happens to have because in the past it's been viewed as a rule of law country,' he said. 'The question is what friends of the court are going to do,' he added, and whether those countries 'have other priorities than defending the rule of law, the court and their own nationals.'
Globe and Mail
13 minutes ago
- Globe and Mail
Republic Technologies Announces 2025 AGSM Results
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 20, 2025) - Republic Technologies Inc. (CSE: DOCT) (FSE: 7FM0) (the " Company" or " Republic") is pleased to announce that all matters put forth at the Company's Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the " Meeting") held on August 19, 2025 were approved by its shareholders. The Company's shareholders voted to fix the number of directors of the Company at four and elected the following four nominees to the board of directors: Daniel Liu, Hongming Luo, Tianrui Zhang and Litong Cao. Each of the nominees will hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders, unless he or she sooner ceases to hold office. The shareholders appointed Charlton & Company, CPA as the auditor of the Company. The shareholders also passed (i) an ordinary resolution approving the adoption of a new 20% rolling long-term incentive plan; and (ii) a special resolution approving the deletion and replacement of the Company's Articles. A copy of the Company's Articles is available under the Company's profile on SEDAR+ ( Additional information regarding each of the items approved at the Meeting is set out in the Company's Information Circular dated July 8, 2025, that is available on SEDAR+ ( under the Company's profile. About Republic Technologies Inc. Republic Technologies is a publicly traded technology company integrating Ethereum infrastructure into the global economy. Backed by an ETH-denominated treasury, we operate proprietary validator and attestation networks to safeguard data integrity for universal applications.
CBC
35 minutes ago
- CBC
Regina delays decision on purchasing diesel buses after learning it's failing to meet climate goals
Alexander Quon Regina's executive committee tabled the decision until next month in order to get more information Image | Regina Transit, 11th Avenue Caption: Regina Transit will have to replace as many as 49 buses between 2027 and 2030 and council needs to decide what kind of buses to purchase. (Alexander Quon/CBC) Regina's executive committee heard a simple message on Wednesday: The city is not on track to meet its climate change goals. That's according to a trio of reports on climate change presented at the city's executive committee; a climate adaption strategy, an update on the city's Energy & Sustainability Framework and a decision on what model of buses to purchase. The news that the city is not meeting its climate goals was disappointing for 12-year-old Kiké Dueck, a climate advocate. Dueck addressed councillors in the meeting and urged them to take action. "I've had a lot of trouble getting through to a lot of forms of government, and it makes me sad because I feel like the adults of this world aren't taking this as seriously as they need to be," Dueck said. The central report was an update on the City of Regina's Energy & Sustainability Framework, which was passed in 2022. The framework functions as a guide and includes a goal to "reduce emissions by 52 per cent by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions and become 100 per cent renewable by 2050." The most recent data available shows that from 2023 to 2024 the city's emissions were only reduced by 5 per cent. That's well short of the 12 per cent target, according to the report. This year's target is 12 per cent. The report explains that the city is not on pace to reach its own climate goals and that "more transformative actions are needed" to meet its goal for 2030. The focus at the meeting then shifted to the cost of addressing the problem. Some councillors suggested what they described as "common sense solutions" — such as engineering controls — instead of making large investments. The executive committee passed the climate adaption strategy, but no decisions were made on how to get the city back on track to reach its climate goals. Further suggestions could be made at the city council meeting on Aug. 27, or during the municipal budgeting process next month. Decision on bus purchases delayed The update came as another report recommended that the City of Regina replace its aging bus fleet with refurbished diesel engines instead of purchasing electric buses. Regina has already purchased 20 electric buses, and enough chargers for 40 more, through the Zero Emission Transit Fund, a federal cost-sharing program that saw the two governments each contribute $26 million. That cost-sharing program is over and the federal government isn't planning to offer it again. With Regina Transit required to replace as many as 49 additional transit buses between 2027 and 2030, staff have recommended purchasing diesel buses as they are more cost-effective. Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to drop the carbon tax will reduce the purchasing and maintenance costs associated with diesel buses, according to the report. Brett Dolter, an economist at the University of Regina, urged council to take a close look at its priorities, telling media that the bus report appeared to miss a bigger picture. "It would be nice to see not just a consideration of the cost, but also a consideration of the benefits," saidDolter. Under questioning from Ward 8 Coun. Shanon Zachidniak, staff admitted that purchasing diesel buses would undermine the city's climate goals and potentially delay the goal of having a fully electric transit fleet by 2039. Each electric bus would save approximately 30 tonnes of carbon emissions per year when compared to diesel buses. That's the equivalent of removing eight cars from the road for each diesel bus replaced by an electric bus, according to the report. Dueck urged council to keep its eye focused on its commitment. "You're behind on a lot of things and it doesn't seem like you'll meet your goals, but I know that you have the ability to. I want to be able to trust our council. I want to be able to believe that the council will actually enact the plan," he said. Council tabled the decision on purchasing buses until next month in order to get more information.
