My two faced country. Pause the nonlethal aid, but not the lethal one???
Reports: Canada pauses nonlethal military shipments to Israel
Since January, Canada has paused the transfer of nonlethal military hardware to Israel, the Toronto Star and Reuters report, citing unnamed Canadian officials.
“Since Jan. 8, applications for permits to allow Canadian companies to ship tens of millions of dollars worth of non-lethal goods and technology, such as night vision goggles, have been temporarily put on hold because of the difficulty in establishing whether the material could be used in human rights violations, say senior government officials,” the report from the Toronto Star reads.
The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has long said that it does not transfer full weapons systems to Israel, an assertion reiterated to Al Jazeera in an email last month. “The permits which have been granted since October 7, 2023, are for the export of non-lethal equipment,” Global Affairs Canada wrote.
But advocates whom Al Jazeera spoke to said a lack of information obscures the real arms trade between Israel and Canada. While full weapons systems might not be transferred, they said, the vast majority of Canada’s military exports to Israel come in the form of parts and components, which include, among other things, bombs and other ordinance.
“The permits which have been granted since October 7, 2023, are for the export of non-lethal equipment.” But advocates say this misrepresents the total volume of Canada’s military exports to Israel, which totalled more than $15m ($21.3m Canadian) in 2022, according to the government’s own figures.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/9/demands-for-canada-to-stop-supplying-weapons-to-israel-grow-louder
I just signed another petition to stop the arms trade with Israel a week ago, fuck Trudeau, pretending to 'care'.
US and UK just want to bomb people too, can't help themselves
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