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War, famine, and pandemic in Yemen but business as usual for Canadian arms exports
May 18, 2020
Today’s blog post features the full text of the Press Release issued in conjunction with the 14 May Open Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Civil Society Organizations Decry Global Affairs Canada Justifications for Resumption of Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia 15 May 2020 Today, in an Open Letter addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a […]
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While applauding Canadian ATT accession, civil society looks for action to curb our Saudi arms exports
June 24, 2019
We welcome Canada’s long overdue accession to the global Arms Trade Treaty. But it will only be meaningful if it is accompanied by concrete action to end our complicity in the suffering of innocent Yemeni civilians by suspending the export of Canadian-made LAVs to Saudi Arabia.
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Weekly Roundup on Warsaw Ministerial, INF Treaty and Canadian weapons in Yemen
February 18, 2019
In this week’s blog we look at the outcome of the U.S.-led Warsaw Ministerial, the state of the INF Treaty now that Russia too is withdrawing and a stark reminder of why Canadian accession to the global Arms Trade Treaty is more pressing than ever.
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Canada at a crossroads with its arms export policy
May 28, 2018
Professor Paul Rogers of Bradford University focuses his latest commentary on the power and pervasiveness of the “military-industrial-academic-bureaucratic complex”: At the core of the complex is a largely self-sustaining system demonstrating a high degree of integration between manufacturers, the military and political leaderships, all benefiting from security policies predicated on the potential and actual use […]
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