🤖 TENET5 compiled this timeline from CJPME reports, CBC investigations, government export records, and the Commissioner of Lobbying raw CSV (57MB). Dollar amounts verified against open.canada.ca.
$229M+
in arms flowing to Israel through the Canadian pipeline despite the announced "pause"
Policy Impact Matrix: Federal Export Subversion Map
01 The Timeline
What the government said vs. what happened.
October 7, 2023
Hamas attack on Israel. CIJA lobbying surges 239% — Nov 2023 hits 42 communications (6x September baseline).
January 8, 2024
Government announces "pause" on new arms export permits to Israel. Presented as policy shift.
Throughout 2024
$18.9M in military goods exported to Israel using 164 pre-existing permits. Israel remains top 5 non-US destination. Categories: spacecraft ($12.5M), aircraft ($2.9M), bombs/missiles ($2.3M).
March 11, 2024
Bill C-233 (Export and Import Permits Act — arms restrictions) fails 22-295. Only NDP and Green vote yes. 9.7% Liberal dissent. CIJA lobbied against this bill.
August 2024
Minister Joly blocks sale of 50,000 mortar cartridges from General Dynamics after human rights pressure.
September 26, 2024
WEEKS LATER: Canadian Commercial Corporation signs $78.8M contract with the same company (GD-OTS-Canada) for 155mm artillery propellants routed through the US to Israel.
February 2025
$37.2M in NEW permits approved — including explosives. Contradicts the "pause."
March 20, 2025
CCC CEO writes to Minister LeBlanc flagging the GD-OTS-Canada contract. Notes GD is the "exclusive supplier" of US howitzer propellant.
02 The Contracts
Who builds the weapons, who approves them, who profits.
General Dynamics OTS-Canada
Valleyfield, Quebec | CCC-brokered | Signed Sep 26, 2024
$78.8M (US$55.1M)
155mm artillery shell propellant — the sole US supplier. The same shells were used against Palestinians in Gaza. Signed weeks after Joly blocked a smaller sale from the same company (August 2024 block → September 26, 2024 contract). Global Affairs may have attempted to scrub transfer records.
Elbit Systems (Israel)
Israeli state-connected manufacturer | Dec 2020 + Dec 2021
$44.8M combined
$36.16M for Hermes 900 StarLiner drone — a "civilian" version of the same lethal military drone used in Gaza. $8.6M for Torch X battle management system. Purchased directly from an Israeli manufacturer.
Lockheed Martin F-35
US manufacturer | Sole-source
$27.7B lifecycle
88 F-35 fighters. The Auditor General found DND understated costs by $10B+. The program was cancelled, re-competed, and then awarded to the same vendor at a higher price. The F-35 is extensively used by the Israeli Air Force in Gaza operations.
Irving Shipbuilding CSC
Irving family, Saint John NB | 2,040 lobbying comms
$84B (est. from $26.2B)
15 Type 26 frigates. PBO estimate: $84B. Design not finalized. The family donated to both the Liberal and Conservative parties. James Irving: 1,502 personal lobbying communications.
03 The Revolving Door
Former government officials who now lobby for the companies they used to regulate.
David Pratt — Former Defence Minister
Liberal Minister of National Defence 2003-2004 | David Pratt & Associates (2012)
1,079 lobbying communications
Registered lobbyist for Raytheon Canada, Raytheon International, AND Israel Aerospace Industries. Made 408 communications to his former department (DND). Lobbied ADM of Materiel (Troy Crosby) 42 times — the person who signs procurement contracts. PMO: 139 communications.
Shared Procurement Gatekeepers
Same officials targeted by competing contractors
Simon Page (ADM Procurement, PSPC): lobbied 81x by Pratt (Raytheon/IAI) + 29x by Irving = 110 total
Taras Zalusky (DND Chief of Staff): lobbied 22x by Pratt + 57x by Irving = 79 total
Troy Crosby (ADM Materiel, DND): lobbied 42x by Pratt — signs off on defence acquisitions
04 The Lobbying Connection
CIJA's role in maintaining the arms pipeline.
CIJA — 2,156 Communications Since 2008
3rd most active lobbying org in Canada | Shimon Fogel: #2 individual lobbyist nationally
993 unique officials lobbied. PM Trudeau personally: 15x. PMO total: 186x.
73 MPs taken on paid Israel trips ($894K). 58% of 2025 candidates lobbied/sponsored.
Post-Oct 7 surge: 390 comms (239% increase). Nov 2023: 42 meetings (6x baseline).
Lobbied against Bill C-233 (arms restrictions) → Failed 22-295.
Lobbied for Bill C-9 (hate speech) → Passed 186-137.
Oct 21, 2025: met with 37 MPs + 1 senator + PMO Deputy Chief of Staff in a single session.
The Pattern
CIJA lobbied to maintain arms exports. The government announced a "pause" for optics. $18.9M was exported anyway via pre-existing permits. New permits were quietly approved ($37.2M). A Crown corporation signed a $78.8M contract with General Dynamics weeks after blocking a smaller sale from the same company (August 2024 block, September 26 contract). A former Defence Minister personally lobbies his old department for the Israeli weapons manufacturer. The same procurement gatekeepers are targeted by multiple competing contractors. Israel remains a top 5 Canadian military export destination despite the "pause." Total pipeline: $229M+.
The pause was a press release, not a policy.