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Bipartisan efforts in U.S. Congress seek to ban further Saudi arms deals
May 24, 2017
The highly reputable American Arms Control Association, in its latest Issue Brief, chronicles bipartisan efforts in the U.S. Congress to stop new arms deals and new shipments under existing deals to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. See: Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain Should be Rejected (Jeff Abramson, Arms Control Association Issue Brief Volume 9, […]
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Key questions about Canada’s Arms Trade Treaty legislation
May 9, 2017
In this blog post we highlight some of the key questions we will be asking the Government of Canada about Bill C-47, Canada’s national legislation to implement the Arms Trade Treaty. Will Bill C-47 bring all U.S.-destination military goods — the bulk of our military exports — within the ambit of the Export and Import […]
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Canada Prepares to Join the Arms Trade Treaty: Part One
April 18, 2017
April 13th the Government of Canada tabled Bill C-47 (ATT) in the House of Commons to enable Canada to accede to the landmark Arms Trade Treaty. Below is the associated press release from the Media Relations office of Global Affairs Canada. This is the first in a series of blog posts discussing and analyzing this […]
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Liberals should say “no” again to American BMD
March 13, 2017
Both Conservative and Liberal governments have concluded, in 1985 and 2005 respectively, that participation in American ballistic missile defence does not accord with Canadian defence and security priorities. The Trudeau Liberals would be wise to do the same. — Peggy Mason (9 May 2017, Esprit de Corps) At the beginning of April 2016, the Liberal […]
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