Canadian companies involved in international trade in U.S. defence technologies walk a fine line between complying with U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations…and violating Canadian human rights and privacy laws. The regulations…state that covered articles and services may not be exported from the U.S. unless authorization has been granted by the Department of State or a special exemption is used…Canada is the subject of broad exemptions…“Included…in the broad exemptions and particular permits is a carve-out restricting access to the controlled items by persons who are dual-nationals or third-country nationals of specified countries…[such as] China, North Korea and Iran…” a Blakes bulletin notes...If companies deny controlled-article access to employees who are dual-national or third-country nationals of those listed countries…they risk violating Canadian human rights legislation since they are excluding employees…on the basis of national origin…[refers to Bombardier]