Also: Watchdog critical of Crown corporation responsible for Saudi LAV deal
and whether he broke ethics laws. WE was to be paid at least $19.5-million to administer the program, with $5-million of that going to partner organizations.
The Crown corporation responsible for brokering defence export deals, including the $14-billion sale of light armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia,The findings go to the heart of the debate over the controversial 10-year deal to ship hundreds of LAVs to Saudi Arabia, which has one of the worst human rights records in the world today.
Separately, in a report tabled in Parliament today, the federal watchdog said Canada’s Border Services Agency has
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