Project Ploughshares has been tracking Canadian military exports since its founding in 1976. It is painstaking work done mostly in the background.
The purpose for collecting the data is to provide concrete examples on where military export policies or their implementation should be improved so that human rights and other humanitarian concerns are foremost in decision-makers minds.
The recent flare of public attention on the sale of Canadian-made light armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia, which featured interviews with Ploughshares staff, illustrates how solid, persistent research creates the opportunity for influencing public debate when the moment arrives.
December 9, 2011
January 10, 2014
February 14, 2014
- Ploughshares blog: A perverse gift for Valentine’s Day “Ed Fast announced that General Dynamics Land Systems Canada in London, Ontario had won “the largest advanced manufacturing export win in Canada’s history” to supply armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia.”
May 2014
- Monitor article: Arms export win is human rights loss: A $10-billion deal announced by Ottawa will supply weapons-equipped vehicles to Saudi armed forces
July 22, 2014
January 16, 2-15
January 21, 2015
- Interview with Project Ploughshares’ Cesar Jaramillo on the Barry Morgan Show on CJAD 800.
- Globe and Mail: Canada’s arms deal with Saudi Arabia shrouded in secrecy
- Embassy: Saudi arms deal makes mockery of Canadian values
January 22, 2015
- Radio Canada International’s Wojtek Gwiazda speaks to Kenneth Epps about the deal and Canadian and international laws on arms deals.
- Cesar Jaramillo on the Dave Taylor show (Calgary) discussing arms sales to Saudi Arabia. (Jan. 22 at 2 p.m. the interview begins at 9:35).
- CBC’s As It Happens for Wednesday January 21 about the Saudi Arms deal, featuring an interview with Kenneth Epps.
- Globe and Mail oped: No more Saudi business as usual
January 23, 2015
- Global National: Saudi King Abdullah: ‘Proponent of peace’? Human rights abuser? Both? (Interview with Cesar Jaramillo)
January 25, 2015
- La Presse: Ces dictateurs qui s’arment au Canada
January 27, 2015
- Al Jazeera: Jailed Saudi Blogger’s Wife Calls for His Release (interview with Cesar Jaramillo)
January 28, 2015
- Toronto Star: Conservatives amend law to allow export of prohibited weapons to Israel, Kuwait
- Ploughshares Briefing 15.1: Trading principles: How Canada’s pursuit of military exports has left a trail of secrecy and lax standards