I was talking about a lenient report prepared by Global Affairs Canada to authorize the lifting of the moratorium on arms sales to Saudi Arabia. We're dealing with a report of the same ilk, so to speak, on the sale of military equipment to Turkey. According to the report, there was no substantial risk that Canadian military goods and technology exported to Turkey would be used to undermine peace and security or to commit or facilitate any of the negative consequences listed in the act.
In light of such a lenient report on the sale of arms or military equipment, which has been used in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, possibly in Syria, and perhaps in Libya as well, how can we say that this doesn't undermine peace and security and yet decide to put a definitive stop to exports?
If these exports truly didn't undermine peace and security, why are we suddenly deciding to suspend the sale of this equipment to Turkey? Isn't Canada's position contradictory?