TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: GOC LISTING OF HIG

S E C R E T OTTAWA 001782

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (MBRUNO),S/CT (TKUSHNER),IO/PHO
(BFITZGERALD),AND WHA/CAN
TREASURY (JZARATE),AND OFAC (RWERNER)
NSC (KEMERSON)

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/30/2015
TAGS: EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN CA
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: GOC LISTING OF HIG
LIKELY IN

REF: A. STATE 109398

B. OTTAWA 1703

Classified By: Wendy Moore, Economics Counselor, Ottawa. Reason: 1.4(
e).


1. (S) Foreign Affairs welcomed reftel message requesting a
delay in announcing the domestic designation of HIG but that
decision would not take effect or become public until on or
after June 24. They expect that Cabinet Ministers will
approve the proposal to proceed at the June 14 meeting on
designating HIG domestically. The Cabinet Committee approval
results in a recommendation to the Treasury Board Secretariat
to confirm the decision. Once the Treasury Board Secretariat
has acted the decision is forwarded for approval by the
Governor General (the Queen's representative in Canada) and
is then listed in the Canada Gazette (the Federal Register
equivalent) at which time it becomes law and becomes public.
The process takes about 10 days, which should result in the
HIG designation being made public on or after June 24. Note:
By regulation the Canada Gazette must be published every
week. It tends to come out about every three days. End note.


2. (S) The GOC is committed to proceeding expeditiously
because HIG is active in Canada and has targeted Canadian
troops in Afghanistan. This is not an abstract exercise and
they are eager to be in a position to take action against HIG
finances and activities in Canada. However, they plan to
proceed with notification to the UN 1267 Committee only in
coordination with "partners." When asked, the partner they
have specifically in mind is the U.S., and they will not try
to designate HIG internationally until we are ready to do it
jointly.

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