Canada

On April 13, 2017, the Minister of Foreign Affairs introduced Bill C-47 “An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty and other amendments)”.  Since then, Bill C-47 has not moved past first reading in Canada’s House of Commons. So,

Canada

Canadian parliamentOn June 30, 2016, Canada’s Global Affairs Minister Dion and International Trade Minister Freeland issued a joint Press Release that announced that the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (“ATT”) was tabled in the House of Commons and that Canada planned to accede to the ATT.  Apparently, the ATT was tabled in the House of