Canada continuing to fail on cleaning up cluster munitions law

Many expected that the Liberals would amend this flawed legislation when they regained power in 2015. This did not happen, despite repeated entreaties by the NDP, Greens, and civil society.

Now Foreign Minister Marc Garneau was a vocal opposition spokesperson to the Prohibiting Cluster Munitions Act before it was passed as a law in 2014. Perhaps he, a man of integrity who championed amending the legislation while in opposition, will finally make this right, writes Earl Turcotte.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY EARL TURCOTTE

May 17, 2021

What is arguably worse than not joining an important disarmament treaty? Joining with no intention of complying with its core provisions. In 2015, Canada’s Prohibiting Cluster Munitions Act came into force—legislation that fails to meet the standards of the historic Convention on Cluster Muniti...

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