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Despite its denials, the Canadian government is still arming Israel (thenorthstar.media)

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[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

The authors of the report speak of “deliberate negligence” on the part of Ottawa. They explain that by allowing exports to the United States without oversight, the government avoids debates in Parliament and legal challenges. This allows it to protect the profits of the Canadian death industry.

So in short the headline is a lie. The Canadian government is not involved. It’s Canadian made goods which are being sent to the USA, which are being sent to Israel.

Better headline would be: Canadian Companies still shipping out goods to Israel and we think Canadian Government should stop them.

[-] AGM@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

They know about this loophole and they know about Canadian materials used in weapons sent to Israel, but they have repeatedly made statements that mislead the public into believing Canada is preventing the supply of Canadian defence materials to Israel. The government, including Anita Anand, has been questioned many times on use of Canadian defence materials in Israel and there has even been official petition to Parliament on the topic. It's not like they don't know about these loopholes in the export controls of defence materials in EIPA. Calling it deliberate negligence is pretty fair. It's also complicity via misleading the public about the real extent of the problem.

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm not disagreeing. But in the example with Lockheed Martin, what else can they do? These are Military Supplies, if the Canadian Government intervenes and forces Lockheed Martin to prevent the export of the components, they will be actively aggravating the US, which is not something the Canadian Government appear they'd want to do at this time. (See Doug Ford's Regan Add)

The Canadian Government is in a loose loose situation right now if they act. If we want more immediate results we should be going after these companies who are actively supporting this genocide, while pressuring the Canadian Government to do more.

[-] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 points 1 day ago

Make them with failsafes. If found in Israel, self-detonate.
Then Canada has just cause to stop sending materials to the US being proxied for genocide.

[-] AGM@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Lose-lose may be true, but our government is still choosing one loss over the other. Canada can't control what the US companies do, but Canada is subject to the Arms Trade Treaty, the Genocide Convention, and the Geneva Conventions, all of which would prevent Canada from allowing these exports were they being followed. Canada created a loophole for oversight in domestic law that allows this kind of shipment. It shows the limits of the Canadian government's commitment to international law, because there is a legal basis for stopping them but the government chooses not to on the basis of economic & business interests, then chooses to mislead the public when there is public pressure.

I agree with you on going after the companies domestically and on continuing to pressure the government. It just sucks that this is so predictable from our government.