In a breaking report from Arms Embargo Now (AEN), it has been revealed that Canada has been lying to us all about the extent of their arms exports to Israel and complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.

While our federal representatives have repeatedly insisted that Canada has restricted arms exports to Israel, AEN’s report (using commercial shipping data tracing direct shipments from Canadian manufacturers to Israel through July 2025, and Israeli Tax Authority import data from October 2023 to May 2025) has uncovered that Canada has been selling weapons components to Israel since October 2023. In particular:

• 47 shipments of military-related components to Israeli weapons companies between October 2023 and July 2025;

• 421,070 bullets exported to Israel since the Gaza assault began, including one shipment in April 2025 alone containing 175,000 bullets;

• Three shipments of cartridges, including one that occurred nine days after the then-Foreign Affairs Minister publicly pledged that Canada would block munitions exports to the Israeli military;

• 391 shipments including bullets, military equipment, weapons parts, aircraft components, and communication devices exported from Canada to Israel between October 2023 and June 2025;

• Around 100 international flights transporting Canadian components to Israel – 64 of them commercial passenger flights

Canadians deserve to be told the truth and we refuse to stand by while our government continues to blatantly lie to us while actively supporting Israel’s slaughter of the Palestinian people. Canada also has a legal responsibility to take concrete action to uphold international law. Please take a few minutes to call and email your MP along with the federal ministers and PM Carney. Below are the contact details followed by a template you can use to email or call your MP – we encourage you to tailor it, as a personal message is always more effective.

Read the Arms Embargo Now Toolkit for more ways to take action!

Contact information

Phone or email script for MPs

Please note:

• The most effective emails and calls are personal, unique ones. Anything you can do to switch up and personalize this script is important and will make it more effective!
• We recommend contacting only your own MP, as they are only obligated to listen to their constituents. If you aren't eligible to vote, you can absolutely still contact them and say you live in their riding.

Hello,

My name is ________ and I’m a constituent in your _______ riding [include your postal code and as much information about yourself as you’d like]. I’m [calling/emailing] regarding the recent report from Arms Embargo Now that uncovered Canada’s continued shipments of arms exports to Israel since October 2023. Both former Prime Minister Trudeau and current Prime Minister Carney, along with our former Foreign Affairs Minister Joly, have insisted that Canada has curbed its sale of arms to Israel, but this has clearly been a lie. I am incensed and horrified that the Canadian government can so blatantly lie and deceive Canadians. How are we to trust our representatives? Are you not angry that you, too, were lied to for 16 months?

Canada has both a legal and moral obligation to end its complicity in this genocide. I am calling on you to do everything within your power to compel the Canadian government to impose a full and immediate two-way arms embargo on Israel.

Show your community where you stand. End Canada’s complicity in genocide.

Thank you,

[Your Name]

Phone or email script for ministers

Remember: The most effective emails and calls are personal, unique ones. Anything you can do to switch up and personalize this script is important and will make it more effective!

Hello,

My name is ________ and I’m a constituent in the _______ riding [include your postal code and as much information about yourself as you’d like]. I’m [calling/emailing] regarding the recent report from Arms Embargo Now that uncovered Canada’s continued shipments of arms exports to Israel since October 2023. Both former Prime Minister Trudeau and current Prime Minister Carney, along with our former Foreign Affairs Minister Joly, have insisted that Canada has curbed its sale of arms to Israel, but this has clearly been a lie. I am incensed and horrified that the Canadian government can so blatantly lie and deceive Canadians. How are we to trust our representatives?

Canada has both a legal and moral obligation to end its complicity in this genocide. I am calling on you to impose a full and immediate two-way arms embargo on Israel immediately.

Show your community where you stand. End Canada’s complicity in genocide.

Thank you,

[Your Name]