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Canadian firm optimistic about prospects in Saudi Arabia despite diplomatic rowWSP Global Inc., an engineering firm headquartered in Montreal, has continued to land infrastructure work in Saudi Arabia even after a dispute erupted with Canada last summer, said Isabelle Adjahi, one of its senior vice-presidents.CanadaMay 3, 2019
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Saudi Arabia denied visas, blocked shipments at ports amid diplomatic spat with Canada: memoA newly released federal document provides a close look at Saudi Arabia's retaliation against Canada, following criticism by Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland on Twitter of the regime's arrest of women's rights activists.CanadaApr 5, 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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Saudi man facing sexual assault charges in Nova Scotia ‘fled’ after embassy posted bailNova Scotia's prosecution service says Mohammed Zuraibi Alzoabi had $37,500 of his bail posted by the Saudi Arabian embassy last year in relation to the alleged sexual assaultCrimeJan 14, 2019
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Saudi’s jailing of women activists comes under U.K. scrutiny amid torture reportsMore than a dozen women's rights activists have been arrested since May 2018.WorldJan 2, 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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EXCLUSIVE: Canada spent months on Saudi diplomacy before embassy suggested tweet behind firestormBut it appears it was the arrest of Samar Badawi that specifically prompted the Canadian embassy in Riyadh to recommend the government tweet out its concern.CanadaDec 6, 2018
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Should Trudeau keep arms deal with Saudis? More than half of Canadians say yes: pollWhile most Canadians don't want any future weapons sales with Saudi Arabia, almost half say the current $15-billion agreement to sell light armoured vehicles to the regime should stay in place, a recent poll found.CanadaNov 6, 2018
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It would cost Canada $1B to cancel Saudi arms deal in wake of Khashoggi case, Trudeau saysPrime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn't want to leave Canadians "holding a billion-dollar bill" by cancelling the controversial contract to sell armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia.CanadaOct 23, 2018
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