Advocates want Canada to take up historic arms control leadership role in fight for nuclear disarmament

Canada's past work as a champion in the fight to ban landmines in the 1990s should guide Ottawa's approach to nuclear disarmament, say advocates.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's, right, sabre rattling on nuclear threats has brought little focus on nuclear disarmament from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, say experts.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia and photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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BY NEIL MOSS

November 30, 2022

With threats of deploying nuclear weapons amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, disarmament advocates and experts are hoping that Canada uses the spotlight to return to its historic role as a champion of disarmament.

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