Canada’s absence at nuclear prohibition treaty meeting a disappointment

Canada has gone missing just at the moment the International Committee of the Red Cross told the meeting: 'The continued existence of nuclear weapons is one of the biggest threats to humanity.'

Canadian Senator Marilou McPhedran, and two interns, Rooj Ali, left, and Sarah Rohleder, protested against the absence of Canada at the first meeting of the states parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna June 21-23. The Hill Times photograph by Douglas Roche

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

June 27, 2022

EDMONTON—Sadness best describes my feelings about Canada not showing up at the first meeting of states parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons held June 21-23 in Vienna. It is utterly sad that a country which once led the way in telling the nuclear powers to cool down the arms ...

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