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As Doomsday Clock ticks down, is Trudeau listening?

That it’s necessary to appeal to the government just to participate in a conference shows how far Canada has retreated from its nuclear disarmament activism.

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BY DOUGLAS ROCHE
February 1, 2017

Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | February 1, 2017

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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, left, Defence Minister Anita Anand, and Canadian Ambassador Leslie Norton. Despite the enormous danger to the world from the aggressive nuclear modernization programs of the nuclear powers, who intend to spend billions of dollars to retain their nuclear arsenals for the rest of this century, the Canadian government still refuses to support comprehensive, time-bound negotiations for the elimination of nuclear weapons, writes Douglas Roche. *The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and courtesy Flickr, and Commons Wikimedia*

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If Canada ‘unequivocally supports’ nuclear disarmament, it must sign onto UN Nuclear Ban Treaty

Canada quiet as Ukraine war inches Doomsday Clock closer to midnight

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The ugly truth about nuclear disarmament

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Influx of women into nuclear disarmament gives us hope, unless they work for a NATO country

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Canada’s absence at nuclear prohibition treaty meeting a disappointment

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If Canada ‘unequivocally supports’ nuclear disarmament, it must sign onto UN Nuclear Ban Treaty

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As Doomsday Clock ticks down, is Trudeau listening?

That it’s necessary to appeal to the government just to participate in a conference shows how far Canada has retreated from its nuclear disarmament activism.

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