Canada has joined the U.S. and the European Union in imposing sanctions on Zimbabwe 's authoritarian regime led by President Robert Mugabe.
The foreign affairs minister David Emerson Friday charged that since the country 's discredited the presidential election in March and the departure in June, Mugabe ' s government have not made ninguĂ No effort to promote democratic rule.
Despite efforts by international mediators, despite calls from the international community to return democracy to Zimbabwe, the government has proved unwilling to negotiate in good faith, and uninterested in, significant Emerson of the reform said in a statement friday.
Zimbabwe 's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai were first in a field of four in the first round of the presidential vote in March, but not won by the margin necessary to avoid an outing against Mugabe in second place finisher. Tsvangirai withdrew his departure on June 27 due to attacks on his supporters blamed on Mugabe 's militants from security forces.
Mugabe said the departure, and was declared the winner in a landslide, although the exercise Denounced extensively as imposter.
The Zimbabwean leader for 84 years, in power since independence from Britain in an or 80, blamed the opposition for the chaos and carnage.
Canada announced in June that initial sanctions followed the departure, mainly travel, work and study barring senior members of Zimbabwe 's government within Canada.
Emerson said the measures announced Friday that goes further to the pressure and isolation that keeps on key members of the regime of Zimbabwe.
Canada is banning arms exports, is freezing the assets of senior Zimbabwean officials and is prohibiting aircraft from flying over or Zimbabweans landing in Canada.
Canada 'tactics over the future of pressure s still the union of the United States and Europe, announced that expanded sanctions against the regime in July.
The U.S., along with Britain and France spearheaded a drive of the Security Council in July to UN sanctions, but the initiative was vetoed by Russia and China.
After the motion failed, President George W. Bush extended sanctions to restrict the individuals closely linked to Mugabe's functioning financial markets in the U.S. Treasury Department said 17 entities and individuals who say Mugabe has supported 's regime is therefore undermining the democratic process in Zimbabwe.
The European Union also widened their similar sanctions against Zimbabweans, adding 37 new individuals and companies to the existing list of 131.
South Africa and other African trade unionists are pressing Tsvangirai to accept a power-sharing distribution. African leaders see a unity government while the way to avoid further spread of violence and add economic collapse in Zimbabwe, which has the world 'rate of inflation higher s chronic food shortages and fuel, AP reported.
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