Research Archive
of the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT)
(See
COAT's website for the latest
research on
Canada's Military Exports to the Middle East and North Africa)
CANSEC -- Canada's largest military industry trade show -- is organised by Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) and is held annually in Ottawa.
This table names the 216 CANSEC 2009 exhibitors, provides links to their websites,
and -- mostly importantly -- supplies lists of the countries to which 90 of these companies have admitted exporting their products.
Between 2003 and 2005, Canada exported more than $5.6 billion in military exports to
73 countries. Of these 73 nations, 39 had troops engaged in major military conflicts,
either at home or abroad. These 39 warring nations receiving Canadian military
hardware accounted for a full 90% (i.e., $5.1 billion) of the total value of Canada's
military exports between 2003 and 2005. See this COAT research for tables, graphs
and charts detailing Canada's role in arming the world's major wars and warmongers.
Canadian Military Exports to Countries at War, 2003-2006
Between 2003 and 2006, Canadian military exports totaling at least $7.4 billion were
sold to 88 countries. While most of these sales were to US institutions of war, 55 other
countries also received Canadian arms exports while they deployed troops and
equipment to US-led wars. When one includes Canadian military exports to countries
fighting major armed conflicts within their own borders, the number of recipients
reaches 62. This means almost 70% of the countries receiving Canadian military
exports, during the period in question, were engaged in significant armed hostilities.
Weapons Galore and Global Warfare
In this report, COAT links 50 Canadian exporters at CANSEC 2009 to the production of:
(1) Anti-Personnel Cluster Bombs, Fragmentation Bombs and Phosphorous Bombs,
(2) Automatic Weapons, Semi-Automatic Weapons, Machine Guns and Chain Guns,
or (3) High-tech components for weapons systems that deliver:
(a) Nuclear Weapons, (b) Depleted Uranium Munitions, (c) Anti-Personnel Cluster Bombs, and (d) Anti-Personnel Landmines
Profiting from the
Slaughter of Innocents in Iraq
This COAT report is an exposé
of 130 Canadian war industries that have supplied products and services
for 39 different varieties of US warplanes used in the invasion and
occupation of Iraq since March 2003. There are separate data tables
for each of these major US weapons systems and hundreds of links are
provided to detail the contributions made by Canadian companies to each of
these weapons systems.
Data includes which companies were members of the Canadian Association of
Defence and Security Industries and which exhibited at the CANSEC war
industry bazaar in 2008 and /or 2009.
Canadian Military
Exports to Israel:
Aiding and Abetting
War Crimes in Gaza (2008-2009)
In response
to the bombing of Gaza and the deaths of hundreds of innocent children and
other innocent civilians, COAT
produced
a
research report on Canadian
military companies with either
direct or indirect
export links to Israel. The
report includes
ten data
tables
containing
detailed information
about more than
200 Canadian military
exporters. Of these 200
companies, 105 were members of the Canadian Association of Defence and
Security Industries (CADSI) which organises CANSEC, Canada's largest arms
bazaar. Fifty of these Canadian companies supplied components and/or
services for US F-15s, F-16s and AH-64s, which are major, US weapons
systems supplied to Israel.
A Chronology
of Haitian Protest and Resistance
after the January 12, 2010, Earthquake
This is a COAT database structured in a calendar
format that brings together hundreds of photographs, videos and quotations
from news articles to document the incredible, revolutionary spirit of
Haitians. The database highlights 50 protests, marches
and other demonstrations organised in Haiti during January, February
and March of 2010.
These
events exposed
and opposed
the slow, unfair and corrupt manner in which so much of the food, water,
tents and other relief supplies
were distributed.
Participants also
expressed profound
opposition to the hyper-militarised response to Haiti's humanitarian
disaster.
InvAID: The
Militarisation of Aid to Haiti
This resource consists of links to about 200 articles
documenting the extremely militarised response to Haiti's earthquake.
Deploying thousands of troops took precedence over distribution of
humanitarian supplies and amounted to a military invasion. The
articles also expose the phony pretexts used to rationalise the invasion
and enhanced occupation of Haiti, and the real reasons for pouring so many
troops and weapons into that country.