-Caveat Lector- Online report links data on "Canada's Military Exports" to human/labour abuses This year, the annual report of the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) is entitled: "Canada's Military Exports: Fuelling wars and abusing international human/labour rights." It is now available online at the COAT web site: <http://www.ncf.ca/coat/> This detailed report provides data on Canada's military exports (between 1990 and 1999) and documents some of the ways in which the federal government is actively encouraging domestic corporations to export a wide range of military equipment to many of the world's most violent and abusive regimes. The report juxtaposes this data on Canada's military exports with summaries of armed conflicts, human rights violations and abuses of labour rights by the same governments that are purchasing Canadian military components and weapons systems. (Statistics published in the latest annual report of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) are compared with information from the annual reports of Amnesty International, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and many other sources.) Also included is information on how the Canadian government is encouraging Canadian businesses to take advantage of lucrative investment opportunities in various "export processing zones" (EPZs) in the same Third World countries where Canada is exporting military and police equipment. Unions, collective bargaining and strikes are completely outlawed in such EPZs. Canadian firms can therefore import extremely inexpensive products from exploitative sweatshops in EPZs because strikes and non-violent protests are suppressed by police and military forces that are, in part, armed by Canadian corporations. The link between Canada's profitable, subsidized military industries and their exports to dozens of repressive regimes which abuse labour and other human rights has long been a major focus of the work of the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade. Here is the list of articles and tables which are now accessible online at the COAT website. Table of Contents: Press for Conversion! (Issue 44) April 2001 Canada’s Military Exports...............................3 Table: Fuelling Wars and Armed Conflicts in the 1990s...3 Supporting NATO’s War Crimes in Yugoslavia..............4 Table: Canada’s Military Exports to NATO Countries......5 Key: ‘Military Equipment Types’ Exported by Canada......6 ‘Target Markets’ for Canadian Military Exporters........6 Table: Selected Cdn. Corporations & Military Exports....7 Case Studies: Bangladesh..............................................8 Brazil.................................................10 Chile..................................................12 Egypt..................................................14 Indonesia..............................................16 Israel.................................................18 Korea (South)...........................................20 Malaysia...............................................22 Morocco................................................24 Philippines............................................26 Saudi Arabia...........................................28 Singapore..............................................30 Taiwan.................................................32 Thailand...............................................34 Turkey.................................................36 UAE....................................................38 Venezuela..............................................39 ---- Previous issues of Press for Conversion! are also available online. They cover such topics as: * A People's History of the CIA: The Subversion of Democracy from Australia to Zaire * Nonviolent Resistance to War and Injustice * Building a Culture of Peace ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Richard Sanders Coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) A national, peace network supported by individuals and organizations across Canada 541 McLeod St., Ottawa Ontario K1R 5R2 Canada Tel.: 613-231-3076 Fax: 613-231-2614 Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web site: <http://www.ncf.ca/coat> <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! 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