The 2nd Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty highlights flagrant violations of the treaty by the UK, France, and the USA.
Conference on Arms Trade Treaty meets in Geneva
Tag Archives: Arms trade
Open letter to the Prime Minister on Saudi arms deal
Open letter calls on PM to rescind export permits for Saudi arms deal.
CBC’s Michael Enright on doing business with Saudi Arabia
Should Canada be doing business with Saudi Arabia? Michael’s essay
Taxpayers subsidize defence industry’s participation in arms trade shows
Reporter Lee Berthiaume discusses government subsidies to the defence industry.
Saudi arms sale “unprecedented”
Canada’s deal to equip Saudi Arabia with armoured vehicles is even larger than previously thought, according to official data obtained by Project Ploughshares through an Access to Information request.
Canadian arms sales trump human rights
The Conservative government’s drive to expand Canada’s arms industry is drawing on diplomats, government trade representatives, and senior ministers to aid Canadian companies as they aggressively pursue military exports to unsavoury regimes.