But he was accused by the NDP of inventing numbers to justify not cancelling the contract. While that review is underway, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said no new export permits will be approved. While suspending export permits falls short of outright cancellation of the contract, Trudeau said Thursday it would provide a lever for Canada to increase pressure on Saudi Arabia to come clean on what happened to Khashoggi. Saudi Arabia initially insisted he’d left the consulate, then said he’d been killed in a fist fight inside the consulate and, on Thursday, finally admitted his murder had been premeditated. Lawmakers at the European Union passed a non-binding resolution Thursday calling on member countries to impose an EU-wide arms embargo on Saudi Arabia.

Source: National Post October 25, 2018 17:03 UTC