Are Saudis really on our side in counterterrorism?

We stand on our high morals and support for human rights and selling materiel to a regime that abuses those rights does not sit well with most Canadians. Perhaps lucrative jobs trump morality but there has to be a better way.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland's department told The Globe and Mail last week that the minister was 'deeply concerned' that Saudi Arabia appears to be using Canadian-made LAVs in the conflict with Saudi citizens. Photograph courtesy of PMO, Adam Scotti

Opinion

BY PHIL GURSKI

August 7, 2017

OTTAWA—One country that remains a mystery to many is Saudi Arabia. A relatively new state—it really only dates from 1930—this desert land sprang from an odd mid-18th century agreement between a very conservative religious tradition, Wahhabism, and the rule of a single family, the Al Sauds. The...

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