Group 5: Miscellaneous Goods and Technology (U.S.
The ECL is divided into the following groups: Responsibility for the issuance or denial of export permits for military and strategic items on the ECL lies with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Canada’s ECL is based principally on our participation in the major multilateral export control and non-proliferation regimes. Section 3 of the EIPA gives the Government the power to establish an Export Control List (ECL) to control the export of arms, ammunition, implements or munitions of war or articles of a strategic nature. The Export and Import Permits Act (EIPA) governs Canada’s system of export and import controls for military and strategic goods and technology. The repurposing work involves ensuring they can no longer function as a weapons system.Military and strategic goods and technology “The crew that was in here were brothers, you know, and when we go in here and start this taking apart we are almost part of that brotherhood and that history - and we couldn’t be happier to be doing this.” “These are from 1978 so you can imagine all the hands that touched them and the stories that went along with them,” said Melenka. Melenka says it’s an honour to be working on such an important part of Canadian military history.
The aging machines have since been replaced with Leopard 2 tanks. “They’ll drive by and see a tank rolling by and they’ll text someone who works here and say, ‘What on earth are you guys doing?'” said Melenka.įROM THE ARCHIVES: Canada fails to find foreign buyer for old Leopard 1 tanksĬanada acquired more than 50 of the Leopard 1 tanks in the 1970s and operated them until 2017. Project manager for quality disposal, Jaden Melenka, said the response from the public has been entertaining.
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