People have to understand that not all sanctions have the same effect. Doesn't matter if its the CHL, or Apple phones, it all comes down to who those impacted get angry at. Good sanctions increase anger/pressure on Russian leadership, bad ones backfire.
Ban Russian population from Apple App Store, Apple products - surprisingly it will increase anger from population at political class in Russia (good)
Banning a couple kids from the CHL is likely to have those impacted (albeit a tiny # of people) actually more angry at Canada/the West than at their own political class, so actually is a net negative for our cause of ending the war, since they would see us as picking on some innocent kids uninvolved in the war.
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