Canada adds Ukraine to Automatic Firearms Country Control List

Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/05/2018 - 06:27

...[On December 13, 2017] The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, ...announced that Canada will include Ukraine in the Automatic Firearms Country Control List (AFCCL).

This change, announced in the Canada Gazette, will enable Canadian companies and individuals to apply for a permit to export certain prohibited firearms, weapons and devices to Ukraine. Each permit application will be assessed on a case-by-case basis to ensure its consistency with Canada’s international obligations and foreign policy and defence priorities...

This was excerpted from the 13 December 2017 news release by Global Affairs Canada.