CPAC Headline Politics: HEADLINE POLITICS Arms Exports: NDP MP Jenny Kwan Discusses Private Members’ Bill
CPAC Headline Politics: HEADLINE POLITICS Arms Exports: NDP MP Jenny Kwan Discusses Private Members’ Bill
At a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, NDP MP Jenny Kwan outlines her private members’ bill aimed at closing loopholes in Canadian law related to arms exports.Joining her at this event are Michael Bueckert (Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East) and James Kafieh (Palestinian Canadian Congress) as well as lawyer James Yap. (September 4, 2025)
Click link to watch the Ottawa press conference - https://www.cpac.ca/headline-politics/episode/arms-exports-ndp-mp-jenny-kwan-discusses-private-members-bill?id=5b99d697-c332-4a31-90bb-feab94562721
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A Parliamentary Secretary should not have to choose between doing their job and following their conscience. Sean Casey supported my private member’s bill, Bill C-233, which sought to close a loophole in Canada’s arms export regime that allows Canadian-made weapons to reach countries through the United States despite Canada’s own export controls. The bill was defeated in the House, with 22 MPs voting in favour and 295 against.
Sean Casey says he was removed from his position as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs after supporting the bill.
If MPs cannot vote according to their conscience on a private member’s bill without risking their government position, what does a “free vote” actually mean?
I want to thank Sean Casey and the other MPs who supported Bill C-233 for standing up for the principle that Canada’s arms export controls must mean what they say—and that Parliament must be able to hold government policy to account.
The government can disagree with my bill. It can vote against it. But MPs should not have to fear losing their parliamentary responsibilities simply for voting according to their conscience.
*Click image or link to read the news story - https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7359007