It’s Canada’s time to lead in a world threatened by nuclear destruction

The Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock has just ratcheted up to two minutes to midnight, yet Canada seems missing in action.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could at four upcoming international meetings lead a new chorus calling for action to reduce the dangers of nuclear violence, writes Doug Roche. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

February 14, 2018

EDMONTON—In the year marking the 70th anniversary of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, the founder of the nonviolence movement, Donald Trump is raising the prospect of the use of nuclear weapons, the ultimate form of violence against humanity. Famous whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg ha...

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