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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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CBC’s Michael Enright on doing business with Saudi Arabia

November 10, 2015

In his opening essay for the November 8th episode of CBC Sunday Edition Michael Enright asks whether or not Canada should be doing business with one of the world’s most repressive regimes.  The essay is reproduced below in its entirety. Should Canada do business with Saudi Arabia? Michael’s essay (Michael Enright, CBC Sunday Edition, 8 […]

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