January 18, 2016
January 4
The Globe and Mail: Ottawa going ahead with Saudi arms deal despite condemning executions (quotes Cesar) By Steven Chase
January 5
The Globe and Mail: Critics push Ottawa to explain justification for Saudi arms deal (quotes Ken) By Steven Chase
Common Dreams.org (progressive news hub): Canada Condemns Saudi Executions, But Arms Sales Speak Louder Than Words (quotes “Ploughshares”) By Sarah Lazare
The Independent: Canada ‘no intention’ to cancel $15bn arms deal with Saudi Arabia – despite condemning execution of 47 (quotes Cesar via Globe article) By Ashley Cowburn
January 6
Canadian Press wire service, by Mike Blanchfield (quotes Cesar)
Ran in following newspapers:
- Lethbridge Herald: Canada has little leverage as North Korea claims H-bomb test
- Hamilton Spectator: Few options for Canada over North Korea bomb”
- and iPolitics: Canada has little leverage as North Korea claims H-bomb test
January 7
The Globe and Mail: Armoured vehicles in Saudi deal will pack lethal punch (quotes Ken) By Steven Chase and Daniel Leblanc
January 8
Ottawa Citizen: Liberals face calls for transparency on arms exports (quotes Ken) By Lee Berthiaume
Middle East Eye: Canada under pressure over $15bn arms deal with Saudi Arabia (quotes Ken) By Jillian D’Amours
January 9
Opinion: Nuclear weapons are unacceptable in the hands of any nation OpEd by Cesar
January 12
The Globe and Mail
Canadian allies grow uneasy about weapons sales to Saudi Arabia (quotes Cesar) By Steven Chase
January 13
Waterloo Region Record: Opinion: Saudi arms deal will shape Canada’s character OpEd by Cesar
January 14
Homes not bombs (blog): Cozy Canada-Saudi Relationship Guarantees Blockbuster Weapons Sales (quotes Ken)
By Matthew Behrens
This piece also ran, with some modifications, in Now Magazine: How Justin Trudeau could help remake Middle East politics
January 15
The Globe and Mail: Ottawa can’t reveal arms-export numbers (quotes Ken) By Steven Chase
OpenCanada.org: The murky world of Canada’s arms manufacturing (quotes Ken) by Eva Salinas
January 18
The Globe and Mail: Canadians: Keep asking questions about our Saudi arms deal OpEd by Cesar
January 20
iPolitics: Canada’s weapons exports grew more than 89 per cent under Harper (quotes Ken) By Elizabeth Thompson