The Liberals Are Dodging Questions About A New Israeli Arms

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The Liberals Are Dodging Questions About A New Israeli Arms Contract

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It’s unclear whether the Liberal government knew about the deal before it was reported by Project Ploughshares.

by Alex Cosh - April 4, 2025 ***INTERNAL LINKS***

EXCERPT: "Mark Carney’s Liberal Party is avoiding questions about a Canadian company receiving a contract to supply the Israeli military with up to $78.8 million of artillery propellants, despite the Liberal government’s promise to block military exports to Israel last year.

The arms-monitoring group Project Ploughshares noted last week that the United States Department of Defence (DOD) website listed the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) as the recipient for a contract in September 2024 to provide the U.S. with the artillery propellants.

The ultimate destinations of the propellants, according to the DOD website, include Israel. . . . .

If the Canadian government was in fact unaware of the propellant deal, then it is potentially being awarded contracts for weapon systems “that would be a violation of Canada’s obligations under domestic law and international law,” Gallagher said.

Canada is a signatory to the international Arms Trade Treaty, which prohibits the sale of military goods if there is a substantial risk of the goods being used to violate human rights or other international laws.

However, the Canadian government does not apply those regulations to military exports to the U.S., a fact that critics have long flagged as a major loophole in Canada’s export control regime. . . . . "