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Canada: Trudeau government grants exemption to sell drone technology to Turkey

Oct 31, 2020 4:00 pm By Christine Douglass-Williams 37 Comments

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan supports ISIS, is virulently anti-Israel, and is now recruiting jihadists from Syria with plans to attack Greece. Turkey also violated Greek airspace 45 times, and meddles in Libya. Erdogan called the EU “sick” and “collapsing”; he called French President Emmanuel Macron mentally unbalanced for protecting the freedom of speech in France in the wake of a teacher’s beheading for offending Islam. He referred to Dutch politician Geert Wilders as a “terrorist” for supporting the right to “offensive” free speech. And according to Armenian reports, Turkish leader Erdogan has been sending Syrian jihadists and F-16 combat jets to aid Azerbaijani forces in their conflict with Armenians. To this day, Erdogan also denies the Armenian genocide. Yet Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau actually “discussed the issue of WESCAM exports to Turkey with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a phone conversation in April.”

Trudeau already has a worrisome record in advancing the cause of Islamization in Canada.

“Opposition presses Trudeau on exemption to military drone tech sales to Turkey,” by Levon Sevunts, RCI News, October 27, 2020:

Canada’s opposition Conservative Party wants answers from the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over its decision to allow a Canadian company to sell advanced drone technology to Turkish arms manufacturers despite its own ban on military exports to Turkey.

The issue of Canadian defence exports to Turkey was brought to the fore once again last week when Armenian authorities displayed remains of what they claim is a Turkish combat drone, featuring high-tech Canadian-made optical sensors and a target acquisition system.

A spokesperson for the Armenian Ministry of Defence said the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone was shot down by Armenian air defence units during fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh on Oct. 21.

Armenian officials released detailed photos and video of the drone’s optical sensors and its target acquisition system that experts consulted by Radio Canada International identified as an CMX-15D system produced by L3Harris WESCAM in Burlington, Ont.

The WESCAM CMX-15D system — which basically allow drone operators to see what’s happening on the ground and paint targets for airstrikes, either by the drone’s own missiles or by other aircraft — was manufactured in June of this year and installed on the downed Bayraktar TB2 in September, said Shushan Stepanyan, spokesperson for the Armenian Defence Ministry.

Speaking during question period in the House of Commons on Monday, Conservative Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs Michael Chong demanded to know why the sale of these WESCAM systems was allowed to proceed despite the arms embargo announced by Canada following the Turkish invasion of northern Syria in October of 2019.

Chong referred to a story by Radio Canada International, reporting that Trudeau discussed the issue of WESCAM exports to Turkey with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a phone conversation in April.

“Last April, the prime minister spoke with Turkish President Erdogan and reports indicate he committed to addressing Turkish concerns about the suspension of these arms exports,” Chong said in the House of Commons.

“Subsequently, seven drone systems were approved for export from Canada to Turkey. Did the prime minister or foreign affairs minister override the recommendations of Global Affairs officials and approve these exports to Turkey?”…

 

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Filed Under: Canada, Turkey Tagged With: Burlington, Conservative Government of Canada, drones, Justin Trudeau, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Westcam


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  1. Dude says

    Oct 31, 2020 at 4:13 pm

    Idiots

    Reply
    • mortimer says

      Oct 31, 2020 at 5:55 pm

      The useful idiot of the Muslim Brotherhood in Canada.

      Reply
      • Rufolino says

        Nov 1, 2020 at 5:22 am

        Trudeau is doing as much damage to Canada as Merkel is doing to Germany. First cousins in national sabotage.by use of demographics. Both of them off their heads, but nevertheless re-elected by their own people. A dystopian fantasy. Except it isn’t a fantasy.

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        • Neil says

          Nov 1, 2020 at 5:49 am

          Erdogan is a Nazi pig!!!!

    • b.a. freeman says

      Nov 1, 2020 at 1:14 am

      turdeau often *acts* like an idiot; his visit to india was classically stupid, but it is still possible that he is actually a hard-core leftist. any hard-core leftist wants to destroy christians wherever they can be found, and he would want to keep his proxy army in canadastan happy, so selling tech that will be used to kill christians to the self-styled caliph should keep canadastani sunnis happy. i fear that our friends to the north suffer from the same disease which we down here in amrikistan suffer: a fatal leftist infection of the educational system.

      Reply
      • mohsen Bishara says

        Nov 1, 2020 at 4:40 pm

        Trudeau is Muslim in his heart so he loves to support Muslim countries just to satisfy his sick personality, he is damaging Canada and does not care about Canadians.

        Reply
        • jack reynolds says

          Nov 3, 2020 at 5:26 pm

          Trudy is a sick, sick puppy

    • Del says

      Nov 1, 2020 at 11:55 am

      Trudeau is a blatant outright liar and has a deep hatred for Canada, particularly Western Canada. He also hates democracy and grovels to Islam. He commits treason, violates the Criminal Code of Canada, tries to manipulate the Canadian Court System and then dismisses his undemocratic treasonous acts by saying he is sorry, accepts responsibility and smirks while saying he will try to learn from it.

      Other than Omar Khadr, a Muslim ISIS terrorist who killed one American soldier and blinded another and was awarded $10.5 MILLION by Trudeau, he is possibly the most hated person in Canada. Trudeau is a lying dangerous narcissist.

      Reply
  2. Fred van de Bunt says

    Oct 31, 2020 at 4:15 pm

    Noticed that Erdogan went a couple of years to China to tell those infidels over there that his mighty army of 1.5 billion warriors were at the gates of their country, after him coming back with his tail between his legs.

    They say Asian have a high IQ, something Trudeau by know should start looking for, considering his age.

    Reply
  3. Nala says

    Oct 31, 2020 at 4:17 pm

    What is more worrying than Trudeau’s BS is the mindset of the Canadian majority that voted for him because they support his way of thinking. A people often get the government that they deserve, because they put it into power, and this clown is what Canada voted into power. It seems almost like Canada has gone the suicide route.

    Reply
    • Dan says

      Oct 31, 2020 at 6:28 pm

      That’s because we don’t have an electoral vote like in America.

      The city of Toronto alone, has MORE voting power than the entire province of Alberta.

      So Trudolt just concentrates on Ontario and Quebec, and there’s the election.

      We just had a meeting with an MP who was from here, Alberta, and he said, after 20 some years working over in Ottawa, while he used to be a staunch “Keep Canada together” guy, now adamantly for independence because they not only don’t care about the west, they don’t EVEN THINK about us.

      It’s time for us to go, and since Alberta is the oil engine of Canada, we really want to join the U.S.

      And Alberta would make a nice scenic little corridor for America, almost up to Alaska.

      Reply
      • Christopher Watson says

        Nov 1, 2020 at 1:36 am

        I lived in Vancouver in 1968-9 but came back to UK to attend university. It was a wonderful country. I went back in 1994 and discovered that many people were calling for BC to join west-coast USA, Alaska, Oregon, Washington and California since they were economically very similar. It’s interesting that BC only joined the Canadian federation on condition there was a rail link. There was no longer a trans-Canada rail-link, even in 1994.

        Reply
      • Jayme says

        Nov 1, 2020 at 7:56 am

        All they need is the GTA-Ottawa-Montreal.

        Reply
    • dARYL says

      Nov 1, 2020 at 9:47 am

      Nala, the majority of Canadians did NOT vote for Trudeau. Two thirds of the Canadian voters voted against his Liberal party. Please do a little research before making bold statements. Falsely formed opinions hurts our cause.

      Reply
    • Del says

      Nov 1, 2020 at 12:00 pm

      There is an increasingly strong movement in Western Canada called WEXIT, similar to the British Brexit movement. We are in the process of removing ourselves from the filth and corruption of the Federal Liberals.

      Reply
  4. Jay says

    Oct 31, 2020 at 4:25 pm

    By mid 2021 my guess is people will not know Canada.

    Reply
    • Wellington says

      Oct 31, 2020 at 4:53 pm

      That soon? Extra depressing since I was counting on somewhere around 2028.

      Stunning that one Western country after another seems so determined to commit national suicide. And for what? For Islam? For Leftthink? What a monumental waste twice over.

      Minus Islam and Western Leftism, the West would be fine, still with problems but OK overall.

      Reply
      • Jay says

        Nov 1, 2020 at 8:07 am

        The last 6 months things really are picking up speed an not in a good way

        1)This week the Feds set out there immigration targets for the next 3 years 1.3 million next year alone 400,000.

        2)There is a push to bring in a anti islam bill that would make it a criminal offence to be critical of islam.

        3)Some retail in Toronto and Ottawa won’t call the police if something happens in there store etc.The reason behind this is they feel if were more kind and try and understand them we will all be better off.

        This is just some of what is going on there is so much more it would take me hours to list it all.

        Reply
    • DVult says

      Oct 31, 2020 at 8:29 pm

      Canada has changed drastically since 1960.

      Reply
  5. Ade Fegan says

    Oct 31, 2020 at 5:13 pm

    Well it is Halloween

    Reply
  6. Crusades Were Right says

    Oct 31, 2020 at 5:20 pm

    Just another of the (many) poison fruits that hang from the tree of Turkey’s NATO membership.

    Reply
  7. Lynne says

    Oct 31, 2020 at 8:34 pm

    That is a dangerous move by Trudeau. He is absolutely certifiable!

    Reply
  8. Andrew says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 1:47 am

    Trudeau is a soy boy that had even less experience in politics than Obama so no surprise that they get along so well, each of them bow down to islam.

    Reply
  9. Linde Barrera says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 5:04 am

    Canada is a beautiful and scenic country. Most Canadians are very smart and place a high value on national survival. I hope (but do not know for sure) that Trudeau cannot serve another term legally. Please Canada, do not give him that next term if your Constitution allows it. Trudeau in my opinion is a globalist and a butt kisser for Islam. Turkey’s leader Erdogan likes having his butt kissed by infidels.

    Reply
    • Jay says

      Nov 1, 2020 at 8:09 am

      If there was a election today he would win a majority and the right leaning parties would lose a large chunk of there seats.

      Reply
  10. Neil says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 5:55 am

    Trudeau is a pinhead!!! I strongly urge the Jewish communities in Canada, the USA, Latin America, Europe & Australia to emigrate to Israel immediately!!!

    Reply
  11. James Lincoln says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 8:43 am

    Has Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ever met a muslim leader that he didn’t like?

    Reply
  12. Giacomo Latta says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 10:23 am

    Trudeau is a child of privilege. Until the laws of the land along with prosecutors and judges put this chronic lawbreaker in his place he will continue to do as he pleases. His erstwhile co-conspirators (ministers, friends in left-leaning yet financially successful companies) may fold their tents and disappear when public opinion gets hot but he will continue on. To what degree? Just watch him.

    Reply
    • Left Coast says

      Nov 1, 2020 at 12:11 pm

      Justin’s brother Alexander made Propaganda Films for the Mullahs of Iran.
      Justin just luvs his Despots & Diktators . . . very fond of the CCP which has made huge inroads into Canada in recent years.
      Canada’s immigration system has pretty much destroyed the country . . . most major cities are now Minority majority . . . what could go wrong?
      Economically Canada is a Basket Case . . . and likely to get much worse . . . after all who in their right mind thought a Drama Teacher & NY Journalist could lead a country?

      Reply
  13. Thomas Richard says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 3:07 pm

    Trudeau…….treason defined!

    Reply
  14. Renee says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 3:53 pm

    How about Israel supporting Azerbaijan against Armenia, and selling most of the Harpy 2 drones that are killing Armenian tankers?

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 2, 2020 at 11:59 pm

      Israel has said they are going to stop selling arms to Azerbaijan.

      Reply
  15. OLD GUY says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 7:52 pm

    Trudeau must have lost him small mind. I Think any western country including America should think twice about selling high tech. to islamic nations.

    Reply
  16. Ugly Sid says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 9:15 pm

    A technology embargo against s Canada? If we must, we must. What’s next, a 10 meter high border fence to confound herds of migrating jihad is?

    Reply
  17. Bruce Donaldson Scott says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 10:47 pm

    Trudeau, obviously treacherous Leader of the Globalist Fifth Column.

    Reply
  18. gravenimage says

    Nov 3, 2020 at 12:00 am

    Canada: Trudeau government grants exemption to sell drone technology to Turkey
    …………….

    Just repulsive–especially with the attacks on Armenia.

    Reply
  19. gravenimage says

    Nov 3, 2020 at 12:02 am

    Canada: Trudeau government grants exemption to sell drone technology to Turkey
    …………….

    Just repulsive.

    Reply

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