Canadian businesses with export activities to Turkey should
watch carefully to see if Canada's export controls rules will
change as a result of Canada's concerns about the thousands of
detentions and three month state of emergency in Turkey. It
is time to exercise due diligence and caution. It is time to
watch carefully for announcements by the Canadian government
relating to export controls.
We should note that we do not have knowledge of imminent changes
to Canada's export controls rules affecting Turkey.
However, based on experience, this is the time to watch out for
announcements from Global Affairs Canada and Canada's Minister
of Foreign Affairs.
In recent days, Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Dion has
issued a number of statements of concern about the actions being
taken in Turkey after the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. In
a statement "Canada very concerned with the situation in
Turkey", Minister Dion stated: