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Canadian Gaza Doctors Demand Arms Embargo and Sanctions on Israel

They argue that Ottawa’s limited export curbs have failed to stem civilian casualties, calling for a full suspension of military trade.

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Protesters with fake blood on their hands sit on the road outside the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries annual defence industry trade show in Ottawa on Wednesday.

Overview

  • Canadian medical professionals say Ottawa’s export restrictions on arms to Israel are insufficient and accuse Canadian firms of still supplying military components used in Gaza.
  • Doctors Against Genocide staged a protest at the CANSEC arms show, with Deirdre Nunan detailing drone-strike wounds and famine conditions she witnessed in Gaza.
  • NDP MP Heather McPherson and the Bloc Québécois support an immediate embargo and sanctions, while Prime Minister Mark Carney has backed only targeted measures.
  • Canadian aid organizations report that an Israeli-managed system has blocked 17 government-funded aid trucks and provoked deadly rushes at food sites and a UN warehouse.
  • Canada’s program to resettle up to 5,000 Gazans with family ties has relocated just 41 people directly from the territory, spurring demands for an overhaul.