Canadian court dismisses legal challenge to Saudi arms deal

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Canadian court dismisses legal challenge to Saudi arms deal

Lawsuit, which was heard in federal court last year, argued that arms deal with Saudi Arabia contravened Canada’s own exports laws

Jillian D'Amours
Wednesday 25 January 2017 21:31 UTC

TORONTO, Canada – A Canadian law professor who challenged the legality of Canada’s $15bn arms deal with Saudi Arabia is considering an appeal, after a federal court dismissed his lawsuit earlier this week.

Daniel Turp, a law professor at the Université de Montréal, told Radio-Canada he was still deciding whether to file an appeal of the court’s ruling that Ottawa was within its legal rights to approve the contentious sale.

Last year, Canada’s former minister of foreign affairs Stéphane Dion personally signed off on the sale of hundreds of light armoured vehicles, manufactured by an Ontario company, to Riyadh.

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$15 billion; quite a sum.