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Canada would like to develop the export of Canadian-made guns and military equipment 0601141.
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| Monday, January 6, 2014 08:33 AM | |||
| Canada would like to develop the export of Canadian-made guns and military equipment. | |||
The end
of Canadian combat operations in Afghanistan and deep cuts to defence
budgets in the United States and other allied nations are driving the
federal government to look to developing countries as potential buyers
of Canadian-made guns and military equipment. |
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 Canadian defense industry essential contributors to Canada’s national defence and security and generate over 12.6 billion dollars to the Canadian economy every year. |
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The past few years have seen the government add Colombia to a list of countries to which Canadian defence companies and others can sell military weapons and equipment, and look to add a number of others such as India, Kuwait, Brazil, Chile, Peru and South Korea as well. Yet while many have believed the move towards selling military goods to developing countries, some with questionable human rights records, was intended to expand Canada’s share of the global arms trade, it appears the actual reason is to help the $12-billion industry through tough times. A secret briefing note presented
to Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird in June says the plan to add
Brazil, Chile, Peru and South Korea to the Automatic Firearms Country
Control List was a direct response to reduced demand for Canadian-made
weapons in “traditional markets” such as the U.S. and Britain. |
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