I can answer that.
I think what the minister was saying wasn't on the specific intent. Some of the treaties require that we criminalize the import or export simpliciter of certain material. What the minister said is that we already have legislation that does that.
For example, exporting without a licence is in section 13 of the Export and Import Permits Act. Importing or exporting without a licence is also covered by section 26 of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, and smuggling of materials would be caught already by section 59 of the Customs Act. That would be just a simple import or export, with no requirement for any specific intent.