Canada's military exports have more than tripled over the past seven years, a CBC News investigation has learned.
Over the past seven years, Canada has exported $3.6 billion in military goods. Canada now exports more arms and military goods than it imports.
The CBC analysis is based on customs data on exports specifically for military use, such as tanks, rocket launchers and munitions.
The surge in exports has made Canada the sixth-biggest supplier of military goods to the world, according to the most recent report by the U.S. Congressional Research Service.
The last time the government tabled its annual report to Parliament in 2002, it showed that military exports had climbed to $678 million from $23 million in 1997.
But the full extent of Canada's military exports is hard to track with precision, as the federal government has not released its annual reports to Parliament — required under the Export and Import Permits Act — providing detailed information on the exports for the past four years.
The prolonged silence by Ottawa has now become an international embarrassment. A recent report by the Small Arms Survey, a Geneva-based monitoring group, which dropped Canada's transparency rating on arms controls to just above that of Iran.
"Canada's rating is 11 on the scale out of 20 this year and the rating for Iran is 10.5.
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Over the past seven years, Canada has exported $3.6 billion in military goods. Canada now exports more arms and military goods than it imports.
The CBC analysis is based on customs data on exports specifically for military use, such as tanks, rocket launchers and munitions.
The surge in exports has made Canada the sixth-biggest supplier of military goods to the world, according to the most recent report by the U.S. Congressional Research Service.
The last time the government tabled its annual report to Parliament in 2002, it showed that military exports had climbed to $678 million from $23 million in 1997.
But the full extent of Canada's military exports is hard to track with precision, as the federal government has not released its annual reports to Parliament — required under the Export and Import Permits Act — providing detailed information on the exports for the past four years.
The prolonged silence by Ottawa has now become an international embarrassment. A recent report by the Small Arms Survey, a Geneva-based monitoring group, which dropped Canada's transparency rating on arms controls to just above that of Iran.
"Canada's rating is 11 on the scale out of 20 this year and the rating for Iran is 10.5.
Full Story
CBC News In Depth: Arming the World
More...