For the past two years, the Saudi-led military coalition has taken the fight to the rebels, bombing civilians and blockading the besieged rebel-held areas. Canada is not officially a member of the Saudi coalition in Yemen but we have been an enthusiastic arms supplier to the Saudi military. A government report in June indicated that the Saudi government purchased more than $142 million of Canadian arms in 2016, and this made Saudi Arabia the biggest recipient of Canadian arms other than the United States. So, if we look closely at the pictures of the Yemeni children being circulated this week, we have a choice as Canadians. I wonder what these Yemeni children would want us to do.

Source: thestar September 02, 2017 09:56 UTC