High court won’t hear appeal over sale of armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia

The high court, as is customary, gave no reason today for refusing to hear an appeal from University of Montreal law professor Daniel Turp, who has pursued the issue for years.

Turp, citing Saudi Arabia’s poor human-rights record, initially asked the Federal Court of Canada to review the government’s decision to issue export permits authorizing the deal.The Liberal government acknowledged concerns about the mistreatment of women in Saudi Arabia, as well as the stifling of political dissent by the Saudi government, among other abuses.

But the government said it had no evidence that Saudi Arabia specifically used the military hardware to crack down on its own population.

This is so UnCanadian. I could not, would not, ever vote for this transaction. Not that Canadians were privledged to engage in the discourse. Slap in the face of our Canadian values. Can it be said it is all about saving jobs? What a slippery slope we climb.

OK I WILL TURN SAUDI ARABIA INTO A DESERT HAHAHAHAH. NO LIFE IN IT NOTHING THAT DRAWS BREATH HUMANS U HAVE NO TIME LEFT 9 DAYS. THE FRENCH CAN KEEP THERE MONEY THEY ONLY HAVE 9 DAYS. I WILL SEE MY WORDS ON FLESH U WILL SEE MY WORDS OVER U IN THE LIVING GODS POWER OF HIS KINGDOM

Not if the company is located in Quebec!... Now if it were in AB. That would be a totally different story!

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