Saudi Arabia has “bought the silence” of Western countries by awarding them lucrative contracts to supply it with military and civilian goods, a senior policy adviser to Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion wrote shortly before he was hired last month.
Jocelyn Coulon’s comments, published weeks before he joined Mr. Dion’s office, are at odds with the Trudeau government’s repeated insistence that it can effectively stand up to Saudi Arabia on human rights while overseeing an unprecedented $15-billion arms deal with Riyadh that will span 14 years until 2028.
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