OTTAWA - NDP MP Jenny Kwan says she will ask Parliament to close a loophole that could allow the U.S. to purchase Canadian weapons for Israel, despite a ban on exporting various forms of arms to that country.

"It is about ensuring Canada is never complicit in atrocities," Kwan told a Thursday news conference on Parliament Hill.

Ottawa and Washington have a defence production agreement that allows the U.S. to buy some Canadian arms and send them abroad while bypassing some of Canada's vetting protocols.

Kwan said she will table a bill later this month to end that workaround.

"Closing this loophole is about making our words mean something, about refusing to profit from bloodshed and the killings of civilians," she said.

The government was criticized last fall when the U.S. announced pla

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