QUESTION PERIOD — Global Affairs
Exports to Israel
February 25, 2026
Senator Moreau, we are learning from the CBC and independent journalists at The Maple that the Canadian Commercial Corporation is doing due diligence regarding its support for Canadian companies that may be providing arms and materiel to the United States that is then shipped to Israel for Israel’s atrocities in Gaza.
In particular, they are focusing on a company called General Dynamics, which is known to have a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to supply propellant for use in deadly howitzers. We know that these howitzers are sold on to Israel and other places. The information has been conveyed to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs — I believe that was Minister LeBlanc at the time — and Global Affairs is aware of it as well.
Can you tell us if the government is aware of whether General Dynamics supplied propellant to Americans at any time in 2024 or 2025?
I was following the news as you were, Senator Woo. Yesterday, Minister LeBlanc was here. It would have been a good idea to ask him the question, but I checked with the department and the answer is the same one I gave you when you raised that question before.
Canada has not approved any new permits for items to Israel that could be used in the current conflict in Gaza since January 8, 2024, and no new permits have been issued to authorize such a trade.
Senator Moreau, that is a deflection because you know full well that there’s an exemption for exports to the U.S. So I will ask the question again, and I ask for a specific answer, if not from you then from the government.
Are you aware if General Dynamics sold propellant to the U.S. Department of Defense or any U.S. military supplier in 2024 or 2025, under the exception in Canadian law that permits doing so?
The answer is the same. In 2024, Canada suspended approximately 30 export permits for items destined for Israel that could have been incorporated into items used in Gaza, and all permits suspended in 2024 remain suspended and cannot be used to export to Israel. Also, I’ve been told that no such exports have been made since January 8, 2024.
