The Link: Dozens protest Canadian weapons parts shipments to Israel

Nearly 40 people gathered at the Complexe Desjardins on Jan. 30, calling for the passing of Bill C-233 to disable shipping weapons and components to Israel through U.S. loopholes.

The protest was organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) in response to Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand’s arrival in Montreal. It took place from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Protesters chanted “arms embargo now” as they marched from the DoubleTree by Hilton Montreal hotel parking lot all the way to Complexe Desjardins.

“The Foreign Affairs Minister of Canada has been allowing the ongoing shipments of weapons and arm components to the Israeli military,” said Rama Al Malah, a PYM member and protest organizer.

“Our coalition revealed evidence of these ongoing shipments," Al Malah added. "There has been no response from the government.”

According to the reports compiled by the PYM, World Beyond War and Arms Embargo Now, Canadian military components continued to be transported to Israel despite the Canadian government's alleged pause on Israeli arms shipments in January 2024.

Tabbal said Canadian citizens should pressure federal legislators to pass Bill C-233, known as the No More Loopholes Bill, by demonstrating their deep care for this issue.

Jenny Kwan, New Democratic Party MP, tabled a private member’s Bill C-233 to amend the Export and Import Permits Act in September 2025.

The bill aims to apply export controls to all arms, parts and technology; to remove U.S. and other country-based exemptions from the Export Control List; and to mandate end-use certificates to prevent diversion to human rights abusers.

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Public Forum: The No More Loopholes Act: Canada's Arms Exports and Human Rights Violation

This public forum is intended to build public support for this legislation by all Members of Parliament.
On January 30, join CCMS for a discussion with Jenny Kwan, Adel Iskandar, and Rachel Small, moderated by Am Johal, regarding the No More Loopholes Act.

January 30 | 4 PM
SFU Downtown Vancouver Campus | Harbour Centre | Room 2270
515 W Hastings Street, Vancouver

Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act, is a private member’s bill put forward by Vancouver-East MP Jenny Kwan in September 2025 to press Canada to abide by the Arms Trade Treaty that it signed in 2019. Currently arms exported to the US are exempted and have ended up being used by Israel in Gaza, by Saudia Arabia in Yemen and many other places. The private member’s bill will be voted on in Parliament at Second Reading in late-February.

This public forum is intended to build public support for this legislation.
Speakers:

Adel Iskandar, Director, CCMS
Jenny Kwan, MP, Vancouver-East
Alex Neve, Former Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada and 2025 Massey Lecturer
Rachel Small, World Without War
Moderated by Am Johal

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CJPME: TELL MINISTER ANAND TO CLOSE THE US LOOPHOLE!

For two years, the Liberal government has allowed arms manufacturers based in Canada to profit off genocide by sneaking unregulated and unreported weapons parts to Israel through the US.

This has been possible because of a giant loophole in our export laws. When Canada updated our laws in 2019 to align with the Arms Trade Treaty, the Liberals intentionally left the US loophole open, and corporations have exploited this weakness to maintain military trade with Israel, a genocidal state.

Now those same weapons are threatening the people of Palestine, Venezuela, Iran, Greenland, and eventually could end up trained back on us here at home.

That’s why we have partnered with MP Jenny Kwan to close the US loophole using her Private Member’s Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act.

Our bill has the government scared, because it exposes their hypocrisy and refusal to take meaningful action.

Will you join us in sending an email to Foreign Affairs Anita Anand and your local MP demanding they support Bill C-233 to close the US loophole?

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Hill Times - Alex Neve Opinion: Time to close the U.S. arms export loophole

Prime Minister Mark Carney talks about pragmatic principles, but Canada’s weapons exports to the United States tell a different story.

This sitting, Parliament will vote on the No More Loopholes Act, a private member’s bill introduced by NDP MP Jenny Kwan. The legislation would tighten up our arms export processes, and finally require American-bound arms to be regulated the same way as all other Canadian military exports, subjecting them to transparency requirements and human rights risk assessments.

Carney has insisted that Canada must apply consistent standards and lead with its values. This is a true test of that claim.

If this country is serious that our way forward must and will be “principled and pragmatic” then the path we must walk is clear: close the U.S. arms export loophole. Subject all Canadian weapons exports to the same scrutiny. And stop pretending that selectivity is a form of principled foreign policy.

This is where the rubber hits the road. Will Prime Minister Carney contend with the world as it is, with principles at the fore? Or will he continue to capitulate to hegemons and arm their atrocities?

NB Media Co-Op: The F-35 aircraft and resistance to Canadian militarism

Another form of pressure on the F-35 supply chain has been at a national level. In March 2024, after months of organizing and pressure, Canada’s House of Commons passed a non-binding motion that officially called on the Government of Canada to “cease the further authorization and transfer of arms exports to Israel.” Following this motion, then foreign affairs minister Mélanie Joly confirmed that the government would halt future arms sales to Israel.

Though that assertion was a positive step, there are still many loopholes, as detailed by Project Ploughshares. In particular, as with the parts of the F-35 aircraft, Canada continues to indirectly arm Israel by exporting to the United States.

This is one of the loopholes that NDP MP Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East) has been targeting through a Private Member’s Bill in the House of Commons. The reaction from the Liberal party has been unsurprisingly negative, and the NDP lacks the seats in Parliament to force the government to comply. Yet, this Bill represents one way people around the country can exert some influence, by calling upon their Members of Parliament to support this effort.

The F-35 is a force for destruction. It is responsible not just for the devastating situation in Palestine but also, most recently, the attack on Venezuela that led to the abduction of President Nicolas Madura also featured F-35 aircraft. Canadians should try to do what they can to obstruct the production of this destructive weapon.

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PBI Canada: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shoots and kills legal observer Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota

Last month, CBC News reported: “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb blasts.”

BNN Bloomberg further reported: “[Member of Parliament Jenny Kwan says] she’s ‘deeply’ and ‘profoundly’ troubled because the ICE agency has been credibly accused of human rights abuses. …Kelsey Gallagher from Project Ploughshares, a non-governmental organization that promotes peace, said if the vehicles were sold to any other security service in the world with the same documented pattern of abuse, Ottawa likely would step in to stop it.”

BNN Bloomberg reported that ICE awarded the contract to Roshel on November 28, 2025, with ICE declaring that Roshel would complete the order within 30 days. That would place the delivery of these armoured vehicles to ICE just prior to the killing of Renee Good in Minnesota.

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CBC News: Canada joins allies in condemning Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank

Canada and 13 other countries issued a joint statement Wednesday condemning the Israeli security cabinet's approval of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank.

“We recall that such unilateral actions, as part of a wider intensification of the settlement policies in the West Bank, not only violate international law but also risk fueling instability,” the joint statement says.

On Sunday, Israel's cabinet announced the approval of 19 more settlements, bringing the number of new settlements over the past few years to 69, according to Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has pushed an expansion agenda in the West Bank.

The approval increases the number of settlements in the West Bank by nearly 50 per cent during the current far-right government’s tenure. In 2022, there were 141 across the West Bank. Now, there are 210, according to Peace Now, an anti-settlement watchdog group.

Settlements are widely considered illegal under international law. Smotrich’s office said the cabinet approval came on Dec. 11 and that the development had been classified until Sunday.

On Monday, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand condemned the news in a post on X.

“The continued settlement expansion is contrary to international law and puts at risk the 20 Point Peace Plan. Clearly such action undermines the prospects for a two-state solution and the ultimate objective of Israelis and Palestinians living side by side in peace and security,” said Anand.

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Canadian Press: MPs ask Anand to get answers from Israel after West Bank delegation blocked

OTTAWA — Two MPs from a delegation that was denied access to the West Bank earlier this week are asking Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand to get Israel to explain the harsh treatment of one of their colleagues.

Several witnesses told The Canadian Press they saw Israeli border officials push Ontario Liberal MP Iqra Khalid while the approximately 30-person delegation was held up at the Allenby Crossing for several hours on Tuesday.

In a letter sent to Anand late Thursday, NDP MP Jenny Kwan and Liberal MP Gurbux Saini — also members of the delegation — called that behaviour “an egregious violation of personal dignity and basic diplomatic norms.”

The MPs also attached a copy of a form they allege some delegation members were pushed to sign under duress.

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Globe & Mail: Foreign Affairs Minister voices concerns after Canadian MPs denied entry to West Bank by Israel

Six Canadian MPs were denied entry to the West Bank on Tuesday by Israeli authorities, prompting Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand to publicly voice her disapproval of their treatment.

The NDP and Liberal MPs, part of a delegation of about 30 Canadians on a fact-finding visit, were prevented from entering the West Bank at the Israeli border crossing with Jordan.

Ottawa had given Israeli officials prior notification of the visit, and the MPs’ electronic travel authorizations had been approved, according to Jenny Kwan, an NDP MP who was part of the visiting group.

Ms. Anand said Canada has raised its objections with Israel about the treatment of the group.

“These are parliamentarians who were simply seeking to visit in a professional way, and my understanding is that denying their entry, with that objective in mind, is not in keeping with the bilateral relationship that we have shared with Israel over the course of a number of decades,” she said in an interview.

Ms. Kwan issued a statement saying: “Electronic travel authorizations to enter the West Bank were initially approved but were subsequently revoked on the day of our arrival. Israeli authorities cited ‘public security, public safety, or public order considerations’ as the basis for the denial.”

She said that during the trip to Jordan there had been meetings with Palestinians as well as the Canadian ambassador there. The delegation also met families living in refugee camps and with organizations delivering humanitarian assistance.

“I categorically reject the assertion that elected officials and civil society organizations engaging in humanitarian and fact-finding work pose any risk to public safety, security, or public order,” she added.

Ms. Kwan said the trip was organized to deepen delegates’ understanding by speaking to Muslim, Jewish and Christian families about their experiences.

“The use of security and public order narratives to limit legitimate fact-finding work is completely unacceptable,” she said.

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Global National News: Israel denies Canadian delegation, including MPs, from entering West Bank

A delegation of 30 Canadians, including six MPs, was on its way to meet with displaced Palestinians when they were denied entry into the occupied West Bank by Israeli border agents. David Akin looks at what the group is saying about why it was turned away, and the reaction.

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