Anita Vandenbeld at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On November 2nd, 2017. See this statement in context.

November 2nd, 2017 / 12:55 p.m.

Liberal

Anita Vandenbeld Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean, ON

Several countries have chosen to do it one way or the other. In either way, we would be legally bound.

You mentioned a word, and it's very interesting, “universalization”. There are those who have said that the Wassenaar Arrangement and other existing agreements are enough, that there is no need to go further and sign the Arms Trade Treaty. The fact that the Arms Trade Treaty is legally binding and universal, how important is that?

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