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Canada violating int’l law by selling arms to Saudis, say groups

Homepage Analysis Canada violating int’l law by selling arms to Saudis, say groups
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Canada violating int’l law by selling arms to Saudis, say groups

20 August 2021
By Steven Staples
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Canada’s ongoing arms sales to Saudi Arabia is being slammed as illegal under our UN commitments by Amnesty International and Project Ploughshares. And the international community is taking notice.

A new report on Canada’s arms sales to the brutal Middle East regime earned coverage by the widely viewed Al Jazeera last week.

“Canadian weapons transfers to the Gulf kingdom could be used to commit or facilitate violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, the rights groups found, particularly in the ongoing conflict in Yemen,” Al Jazeera said on its website on August 11, 2021.

The peace and human rights group’s report titled, “No Credible Evidence’: Canada’s Flawed Analysis of Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia,” accuses Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government of violating the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), an international agreement that Canada became a party to in 2019.

Photo: A Canadian-made LAV-25 is seen burning in a still image released by the Houthi rebels in Yemen. The federal government has approved a multibillion dollar contract to supply Saudi Arabia with the latest version of the LAV, as well as upgrade kits for older models such as the LAV-25 pictured here. (Houthi Military Media/Handout) (via CBC)

“It has been established through investigations and expert reports that Canadian weapons exports to [Saudi Arabia] are contrary to Canada’s legal obligations under the ATT,” the report reads.

Al Jazeera received a reply from the Canadian government. A spokeswoman for Canada’s foreign affairs department, Global Affairs Canada, told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that the government “is committed to a rigorous arms export system.”

The report was also covered in Canada by the Globe and Mail. “Contrary to what the federal government has said, Canada continues to ignore its international obligations to the Arms Trade Treaty,” said Cesar Jaramillo, executive director of Project Ploughshares.

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2 replies added

  1. Pamela Mac Neil 21 August 2021

    Canada has within it’s soul the seeds of greatness to become the country it has been and still is , pretending to be.

  2. Marian Orman 22 August 2021

    It must stop!! I fear a possible Conservative government sweep may escalate our already obscene armament deals. Their leader is well supported by his military peers.

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