The thin line that separates public policy and politics

Paul Martin's government is keenly aware that vacating a decades-old place in the non-proliferation vanguard will be good for Liberal prospects in an election that is months, if not weeks, away.

Would the federal Liberals abandon Canada's historic opposition to the spread of nuclear weapons just to win votes? No, that would be too cynical even for a ruling party that habitually examines every issue from every angle.

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