The Liberals say they want to take a hard look at criticism from the opposition over ways to strengthen Canada's bill to join the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.

Deadly weapons and advanced military technology were on shiny display at an annual trade show in Ottawa this week.

Russia's prime minister has defended Moscow's policy of selling arms to both Armenia and Azerbaijan, whose military forces have faced off in a sharp escalation of fighting around Nagorno-Karabakh.

Just three and a half months after decrying the beheading of 47 people in Saudi Arabia, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion attended a "congratulatory reception" at the Saudi Embassy.

Prime minister Justin Trudeau said his newly-elected government could not renege on a Saudi arms trade deal secured by the previous one.

Can the Justin Trudeau balance dealing with Saudi Arabia's human rights record and still go through with an arms deal that means thousands of jobs for Canadians?

Comic-turned-political activist Russell Brand said a moment of silence for the British victims of the Tunisia resort attack an "empty, futile gesture" to help the U.K. government sell arms.

Canadian arms manufacturers may now sell certain military-grade weapons to Chile and Peru.

Canada has not yet joined more than 60 other countries in signing a landmark treaty to regulate the multibillion-dollar global arms trade.