COAT's country tables show the value of "Munitions" exports in 22 categories from "Group 2" of Canada's "Export Control List," as published in annual reports by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) called "Export of Military Goods from Canada."  (Click here for all the Sources used to produce the accompanying COAT data tables on military exports.)

According to official reports published annually by DFAIT  -- which unfortunately only document some of Canada's military exports -- the Canadian government permitted military sales valued at over $1.8 Billion to 16 countries in the Middle East and North Africa between 1990 and 2006.  (The Government of Canada has failed to produce any further reports since 2009, when it released
its most recent publication on the military exports that occurred in 2006.)

Unfortunately, DFAIT's reports do not document the export of any "dual use" military products, even when they have been sold directly to the armed forces of foreign governments.  Neither do these DFAIT reports include any military exports to the U.S., even though Canadian military products are assembled there into complete weapons systems and then re-exported by the U.S. to other
countries.  Because of the inadequacies in DFAIT's transparency on Canada's arms exports, the data assembled and displayed in these COAT tables is -- regrettably  -- incomplete. However, this is the best publicly-available information on Canada's military exports to the Middle East and North Africa.

Human Rights: The links contain ample evidence on human rights, labour rights, human trafficking and the exploitation of children within countries receiving Canadian military exports. These links corroborate the assertion that Canada should stop exporting tools of war and repression, especially to states where military and police have impunity, and human rights abuses are endemic.