Foreign Affairs committee  I can't comment on any individual export permits. What I can say is that in April of this year, 2020, Canada reduced the restrictions on Turkey. In October 2019, Canada put in place a suspension on the issuance of all new export permits to Turkey. Presently and since April, res

Foreign Affairs committee  What I can say is that in September 2019, Canada acceded to the Arms Trade Treaty, and we assess all export permits applications as relevant against that and against our domestic Export and Import Permits Act to ensure that we are compliant with those requirements before issuing

Foreign Affairs committee  The panel has not been appointed. I can give you a little bit more information about that panel.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, we are working to establish the panel and its mandate and membership. As you pointed out, it will be responsible for evaluating permits, and experts haven't been—

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I'm not entirely sure I understand the question, but I will attempt to answer what I understand.

Foreign Affairs committee  Because of commercial confidentiality, I can't speak about individual export permits that have or have not been granted. I can say that generally any export permit applications that we receive are reviewed against Arms Trade Treaty criteria—

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm sorry. I will just clarify that brokering permits are a separate category of permit, but they are also subject—

Foreign Affairs committee  Again, I can't comment on individual permits, but I can say that brokering permits also go through—

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm sorry, because of commercial confidentiality, we don't comment on permits that may or may not have been granted. I can look into what we may be able to provide—

Foreign Affairs committee  Understood. We'll endeavour to come back.

Foreign Affairs committee  Just as a small point of clarification, actually, on October 11, 2019, Canada put into place a suspension on the issuance of all new exports.

Foreign Affairs committee  The reason for the suspension at the time was Turkey's incursion into northeastern Syria—

Foreign Affairs committee  That's correct.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm sorry, I'm not aware if that specific incursion and the reason behind—

Foreign Affairs committee  I understand.