What does defence policy look like in the 21st century?

We need to work to end nuclear proliferation. We must join the nations in the Treaty to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and press NATO to do the same.
The only MP to oppose bombing of Libya in June 2011 was Green Leader Elizabeth May, writes newly-elected Green Party MP Paul Manly, which turned out to be a 'tragic error that undermined the use of the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine, gave tons of weapons to the world’s terrorists, helped ISIS establish itself, and turned Libya into a failed state.'
I am so very honoured to write this as the newly elected Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Ladysmith. My road to running for the Green Party was a long one and not the subject of this article, but I can say it was reading "Vision Green," the Green Party's policy document, that hooked me. I read it a...

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