Canada's DFAIT Proposes to Amend Export Control List 5505 for WMD
Canada implemented a “catch-all” control to respond to its Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) commitments in 2002, but a number of concerns expressed by the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations have resulted in a need to revisit…
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this measure. The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade consequently seeks to amend the Export Control List (ECL), specifically item 5505 — Goods and Technology for Certain Uses. This proposed amendment will serve to address the concerns of the Standing Joint Committee and update the Regulations to reflect current foreign policy and security considerations.