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  Small Arms Policy: Documents

2009

An Open Letter from Project Ploughshares on Bill C-301, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act (registration of firearms).
John Siebert, March 31, 2009

Canada's Automatic Weapons Gift to Afghanistan: Were Canadian Military Export Regulations Followed?
Ernie Regehr
Briefing 09/2, February 2009

Response by the Hon. Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the letter concerning the Convention on Cluster Munitions
February 2009

2008

Letter to the Minister of Defence and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade concerning the Convention on Cluster Munitions
(English) (French)
November 25, 2008

Preparing for the 2008 Biennial Meeting of States
Maribel Gonzales
Three policy papers presented by the Small Arms Working Group of Peacebuild to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada in advance of the 2008 BMS.
The Ploughshares Monitor, Autumn 2008

Putting the control into Canada’s Automatic Firearms Country Control List
Kenneth Epps
The expansion of the AFCCL to include all NATO states raises concerns.
The Ploughshares Monitor, Summer 2008

Armed Violence Reduction and Development Programming: the Canadian Experience and Status
Chistina M. Yeung
Peacebuild: Small Arms Working Group/Project Ploughshares, May, 2008

Review of the Progress in Canadian Implementation of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms
Adam Parsons and Kenneth Epps
Peacebuild: Small Arms Working Group/Project Ploughshares, May, 2008

Armed Violence Reduction through Development Programming: Implications for Canadian Policy
David Jackman
Peacebuild: Small Arms Working Group/Project Ploughshares, May, 2008

Canadian Policy on Small Arms Transfers and the Arms Trade Treaty
Kenneth Epps
Peacebuild: Small Arms Working Group/Project Ploughshares, May, 2008

The Illicit Trade in Small Arms: Addressing the Problem of Diversion
Wendy Cukier
Peacebuild: Small Arms Working Group/Project Ploughshares, May, 2008

Effective Canadian Regulation of Small Arms and Light Weapons
Wendy Cukier
Peacebuild: Small Arms Working Group/Project Ploughshares, May, 2008

Canadian Perspectives on Gender and Small Arms and Light Weapons
Emily Alexander
Peacebuild: Small Arms Working Group/Project Ploughshares, May, 2008

Addressing armed violence in development programming
John Siebert
How should development agencies like CIDA respond to the threats posed by armed violence?
The Ploughshares Monitor, Spring 2008

2007

Preventable harm, foreseeable solution: The campaign to end the use of cluster munitions
Janis Grychowski
Working towards a new international treaty prohibiting the use, transfer, and production of cluster munitions.
The Ploughshares Monitor, Autumn 2007

Towards Safe and Sustainable Communities: Addressing Armed Violence as a Development Priority
Ploughshares Working Paper 07-2
Ken Epps

A Dialogue in Ottawa: Linking Development Programming and Armed Violence Reduction
Report of a February 27, 2007 roundtable held by the Small Arms Working Group of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee.

2006

The Automatic Firearms Country Control List and Canada's firearms exports
Ken Epps
T
he Ploughshares Monitor, Spring 2006

Canada and Small Arms Exports
Ken Epps
Working Paper
06-2

2005

Letter to Pierre Pettigrew, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
regarding The World Summit and small arms control

August 16, 2005

The Feasibility of Increased Restrictions on the Civilian Possession of Military Assault Weapons at the Global Level
Wendy Cukier, MA, MBA, PhD (English) (French)
This paper was prepared for the Small Arms Working Group of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee in support of the Peace-building and Human Security: Development of Policy Capacity in the Voluntary Sector Project. (April 2005)
Ploughshares Working Paper 05-2

Policy recommendations for a Canadian response to the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons (SALW)  (English)  (French)
Small Arms Working Group of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee (March 2005)
Ploughshares Briefing
05/1

Small Arms and Corporate Social Responsibility: Emerging International Norms & A Program for Advocacy
Tracy London JD, MSW (English) (French)
This paper was prepared for the Small Arms Working Group of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee in support of Peace-building and Human Security: Development of Policy Capacity in the Voluntary Sector Project. (Februrary 2005) 
Ploughshares Working Paper
05-1

2004

Reducing the Demand for Small Arms and Light Weapons: Priorities for the International Community
Ernie Regehr (July 2004)
Ploughshares Working Paper 04-2

Implementing the ECOWAS Small Arms Moratorium in Post-War Sierra Leone
Alhaji Bah (English) (French)
This paper was prepared for the Small Arms Working Group of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee in support of Peace-building and Human Security: Development of Policy Capacity in the Voluntary Sector Project.   (May 2004)
Ploughshares Working Paper 04-1

2003

Small Arms and Light Weapons Brief
Small Arms Working Group of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee (July 2003)

 


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