Ottawa Declaration hits sensitive nerve inside federal government

With key meetings of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Prohibition Treaty looming, both of which challenge the integrity of Canada’s nuclear weapons policies, the Ottawa Declaration has arrived at precisely the right moment.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly, pictured Feb. 8, 2022, on the Hill. The Prohibition Treaty is already having an effect on world politics. Recently, the five major nuclear weapons states—the U.S., Russia, the U.K., France and China—issued a joint statement reaffirming that 'a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,' writes Doug Roche.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

February 11, 2022

EDMONTON—The Ottawa Declaration, a new document calling on Canada to begin the process of joining the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and signed by a number of high-profile Canadians, has hit a sensitive nerve inside the Government of Canada, which is now debating Canada

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