National Agreement for Control Data

N. whereas the Council of Ministers expressed in its conclusions of 18 January 2016 that the EU is ready to support the Libyan authorities that result from the GNA in security sector reform; whereas in May 2013 the EU established the EU Border Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya) with the aim of providing military support to the Libyan authorities in border protection and control; whereas this mission’s priority is to prevent the flow of refugees and migration to Europe and to place oil fields and plants under state control; whereas, at a cost of EUR 30 million, EUBAM Libya is the most expensive mission ...[+++]ever launched by the EU; whereas half of the budget is being spent on private security companies;

Mr. Moffat: That is why the U.N. Fish Agreement is important, and the agreement we reached with the E.U. after the famous Estai case, that agreement to tighten up the controls on the foreign fleet as well as the domestic fleet to ensure that they follow the agreed scientifically based conservation objectives of NAFO.

(Return tabled) Question No. 144 Ms. Hélène Laverdière: With regard to the government’s policy on fully autonomous weapons and autonomous robotics systems: (a) has the Department of National Defense (DND) provided financing, logistical assistance, or any other means of support for the research and development of fully autonomous weapons; (b) has DND provided financing, logistical assistance, or any other means of support for the research and development of autonomous robotic systems; (c) has DND awarded any contracts to develop or contribute to the development of autonomous robotic systems, and, if so, (i) what is the value of each contract, ...[+++](ii) what entity was awarded each contract, (iii) what were the objective, terms, and conditions of each contract, (iv) what controls were put in place to prevent the future weaponization of this research; (d) has the government entered into any agreements with universities or research institutes in Canada to study or develop autonomous robotic systems, and, if so, for each respective agreement, (i) what is the value of the government’s contribution, (ii) with which entity was the agreement signed, (iii) what were the objective, terms, and conditions of the agreement, (iv) what controls were put in place to prevent the future weaponization of this research; (e) do DND or the Canadian Forces (CF) have written policies, regulations, rules, or guidelines on the use of robotics by DND or CF, and, if so, what are those policies, regulations, rules, or guidelines; (f) do DND or CF have written policies, regulations, rules, or guidelines on the use of fully autonomous weapons by DND or CFs, and, if so, what are those policies, regulations, rules, or guidelines; and (g) what steps has the government taken in applying Article 36 of Additional Protocol 1 of the Geneva Conventions (new weapons), in regard to funding, research, developing and testing of new weapons systems?

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