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Ukrainian Government and Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canadians continue to be outraged by the continuing violence in the Ukrainian capital, according to CTV. "The outrageous violence being witnessed by the world must cease, and we hold the regime responsible for these actions against its own citizens." - Canada is responding to the continuing violence in Kyiv by expanding its travel ban on senior Ukrainian government officials and threatening economic sanctions as well. "For months, our government has delivered a strong message to the Ukrainian government that its citizens must be allowed to exercise their democratic right to peaceful protest without being subjected to deadly force and appalling brutality," Harper said in a statement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.