Former prime minister Stephen Harper is working with former leaders of three major intelligence agencies — the Mossad, the CIA and MI5 — in a Canadian private investment company.
AWZ Ventures invests in Israeli cybersecurity, intelligence and physical security technologies.
Despite the many prominent individuals behind it, the company remains low-profile in Canada.
The head office of AWZ (pronounced Oz) Ventures is at 20 Eglinton Ave. West in Toronto, on the 10th floor of an office tower at the corner of Yonge Street.
The Israeli companies financed by AWZ Ventures that are producing the cybersurveillance technologies need to obtain export permits from the Israeli government.
In Canada, a company such as AWZ Ventures does not need an export permit to facilitate the sale of cybersecurity technology.
Only companies that facilitate the movement of military equipment, or items that can be used to produce weapons of mass destruction, need to obtain a broker permit.
But the Canadian government still has a responsibility under international law to ensure Canadian companies aren’t undermining human rights abroad.
“It’s “very sad” that a former Canadian prime minister would associate himself with the sale of cyber-surveillance tech to the UAE. I think he should have done better things for humanity than to put his name and also his reputation as a Canadian prime minister (to this project).”
Sources: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stephen-harper-fadden-israel-awz-cybersecurity-1.5989054
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-united-arab-emirates-surveillance-technology-1.6192281
