JUST IN: Canada REJECTS Trump's ICC Sanctions As Every Other G7 Nation Signs On
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🏛️ Washington just threatened to END the International Criminal Court, and Canada signed against it alongside six of seven G7 nations.
Marco Rubio gave America's allies an ultimatum: help starve the ICC, or watch the U.S. tear it down piece by piece. Within hours, eight governments answered in writing. Canada, the country that helped build this court, was on the list. What does that list really reveal?
🔍 IN THIS VIDEO:
⚖️ Why Rubio's new ICC sanctions go further than anything Washington has tried before
💵 How the court is being cut off from U.S. banks, tech companies and the dollar
🇨🇦 Canada's role in creating the ICC, from Rome 1998 to Judge Kimberly Prost
🤝 The eight-nation joint statement that left America isolated within the G7
🇪🇺 The EU "blocking statute," the nuclear option Europe is preparing
📜 Canada's forgotten 1992 blocking law, still sitting on the shelf
📊 KEY FACTS:
• 8 governments signed the joint statement: Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, UK
• Every G7 member except the United States stood against the sanctions
• U.S. companies have 6 months (around April 2027) to cut ties with the ICC
• Canadian judge Kimberly Prost has been under U.S. sanctions since August 2025
• A Canadian, Philippe Kirsch, chaired the Rome negotiations and became the ICC's first president
• The ICC has 125 member states
• Venezuela, Chad and Nauru have announced they are leaving the court
• Canada's Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act dates back to 1992
0:00 The Rubio Ultimatum
1:12 Canada Built the ICC
2:24 Carney’s Silence
3:06 Washington Targets the Court
4:22 Eight Allies Answer Back
7:06 Every G7 Nation Except America
9:02 The Dollar as a Weapon
10:46 What to Watch Next
11:10 Should Ottawa Go Further?
🔗 SOURCES & RELATED:
Joint Statement by Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom on ICC Sanctions
ICC Statement on U.S. Sanctions
Secretary of State Rubio Video Statement on the ICC
Prime Minister Carney Remarks on ICC Support, August 2026
Canada Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act
EU Blocking Statute Regulation
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