From Israel’s genocide in Gaza, to shocking and racist violence by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to Sudanese paramilitaries accused of massacres, Canadian weapons have been found fueling serious human rights abuses around the world.
The Canadian government enables this violence through a “US loophole” in our arms export laws, which exempts weapons and weapons components shipped to the United States from human rights risk assessments. All too often, these weapons are then linked to serious abuses by US actors or shipped onwards to third countries.
Important new legislation has been introduced to close the US loophole. The legislation will soon come to a vote in the House of Commons. On February 17th, CNCA members will join a country-wide movement in a national day of action calling on MPs from all parties to support the No More Loopholes bill.
Our network unites more than 40 Canadian civil society organizations working to hold Canadian corporations accountable for human rights, labour, and environmental abuses around the world. The choice is clear: for Canada to finally live up to its international human rights obligations, it must take action to end corporate impunity and close the US loophole.
Learn more, and take action, at: https://armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopholes/.
