At the time, Mr. Chair, the approval for use of Canadian technologies, as I said earlier, was being assessed on a case-by-case basis. The exceptions we looked at were if they were used for exceptional circumstances and not limited to NATO co-operation programs. The permit application could also have been approved to promote Canada's humanitarian interests in the region, but also in co-operation with allies in the region. Since those permits have been cancelled by Minister Garneau, the exceptional circumstances had been further refined to refer only to NATO co-operation.
On April 13th, 2021. See this statement in context.