Sponsor:
Jenny Kwan, Member of Parliament (Vancouver East)
Proposed changes
This enactment amends the Export and Import Permits Act to more fully align it with the Arms Trade Treaty and to remove exemptions for specific countries by, among other things, (a) clarifying that parts, components and technology necessary for the assembly or use of arms, ammunition, implements or munitions of war are included in the meaning of those terms; (b) preventing exemptions from the Export Control List for arms, ammunition, implements or munitions of war based on their country of destination; (c) preventing the issuance of general export permits for arms, ammunition, implements or munitions of war; (d) preventing the issuance of general brokering permits for arms, ammunition, implements or munitions of war…
The path to law
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This bill is no longer moving. Status: Bill defeated.
Who's lobbying on it
3 organizations named this bill in their lobbying registration or in
19 reported meetings. Their own words are quoted.
“Bill C233 and other efforts to close the US Loophole in the Export and Import Permits Act, which allows Canadian arms and components to reach third-party states without adequate…”
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What MPs said
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