This is a similar effort to ensure that, in dealing with states that are not party to the convention, Canada takes a very strong view of implementing the convention fully by not providing any direct or indirect financial assistance to a state that is not a party to the c
onvention, where we could have a reasonable expectation that the use of that financial assistance w
ould be towards the production, acquisition, use, maintenance, or transport of the prohibited weapons within the convention, so, cluster munitions, explosives, submunitio
...[+++]ns or explosive bomblets, except, again, with a legitimate exception, as witnesses have already mentioned, the importance of considering Canada's role in the destruction of such munitions.