Canada-Saudi arms deal
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Western countries may be complicit in Yemen war crimes: UN reportAccording to one database tracking the carnage, the country’s civil war has killed at least 91,600 people so far.Sep 10, 2019
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UN calls on Canada, U.S. to hold Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman accountable in Khashoggi killingForeign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland repeated calls for a “full, international independent investigation” but did not commit to further sanctions.CanadaJun 20, 2019
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Saudi Arabia expects Canada to proceed with $15B arms deal, but there’s ‘no final decision’Saudi Arabia expects the deal to happen. Canada hasn't yet said what it will do about it.PoliticsMar 5, 2019
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Scrapping Saudi arms deal would cost Canada billions, LAV maker saysGeneral Dynamics Corp warned Ottawa on Monday the federal government would incur "billions of dollars of liability" by exiting an agreement to sell armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia.CanadaDec 17, 2018
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Liberals looking for way out of Saudi arms deal, Trudeau says"We are engaged with the export permits to try and see if there is a way of no longer exporting these vehicles to Saudi Arabia," Trudeau said in an interview with CTV.CanadaDec 16, 2018
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As Saudi-Canada feud escalates, here’s how axing armoured vehicle deal could hurt Trudeau in 2019The future of one of Canada's largest arms deal and whether axing it could chip away at Liberal prospects in 2019 is fast becoming a major question, after Saudi Arabia reacted to criticism of its treatment of female activists by ejecting the Canadian ambassador Sunday night and ordering a freeze on all new trade.CanadaAug 6, 2018
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Explained: So what if Saudi Arabia is using Canadian-made arms to fight citizens?Recent videos appear to show Saudi troops using Canadian-made armoured vehicles against civilians, and Canada’s track record on human rights could be hanging in the balance.CanadaAug 8, 2017
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Federal court rejects bid to block Canada’s $15B Saudi Arabia arms dealUniversity of Montreal law professor Daniel Turp challenged export permits authorizing the deal, saying Saudi Arabia's poor human rights record should give the court the ability to review it.PoliticsJan 24, 2017
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