No, Canada should not be selling arms to Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has been the major ideological contributor to global Islamist extremism for decades. Some believe the country will change its ways once MBS sits on the throne. Don’t count me among that lot. This deal is repugnant and decent Canadians should say so.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured in the Oval Office on March 14, 2017. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY PHIL GURSKI

April 15, 2020

OTTAWA—Why would any country sell weapons to a regime that saws its critics into pieces and spreads terrorist ideology around the world? The arms business is an important one. Countries around the world sell weapons to each other to the annual tune of $95-billion (2017 figures from the Swedish S...

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