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Trudeau government will stop sending arms to Israel, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says (www.thestar.com)

submitted 7 months ago by TheMcG@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ml

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[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 16 points 7 months ago

We seem to have a habit of doing something so late, but not quite late enough to be "too late".

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Canada is like that cousin that goes to med school you always get compared to...

[–] ClopClopMcFuckwad@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Paywalles article, but I would hazard a guess we already don't send arms or munitions and this is likely symbolic to garner votes. We do have a very robust APC, and armored vehicle industry as well as a very robust drone industry and I would guess we'll continue supplying that kind of war equipment because technically it's not arms.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm not a Canadian, but when I tried to find a nonpaywall link, it looks like it's not even Trudeau's party that did this...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/canada-halt-arms-sales-to-israel

And it sounds like it was already winding down.

Canada previously said that while it had paused issuing military export permits to Israel, it was still assessing applications on “on a case-by-case basis”.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

As usual it was the NDP stepping in and putting forth the motion to do so.

EDIT:

The motion – which passed 204-117 with the support of Liberals, Bloc Québécois and the Green party – also called on Canada to work “towards the establishment of the state of Palestine”.

I'm 0% shocked the Conservatives didn't vote to stop sending arms to Israel.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

Use ublock origin? Paste this into your filter list and read away.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh wow, just in time, before something terrible happened.

Count on the Liberals to do the right thing, after they tried everything else.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago

Canada doesn't do anything without asking the US if it's okay, so I see this as a positive sign for potentially larger action

[–] PuddingFeeling907@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

Canada isn’t always the smartest country