Canada quiet as Ukraine war inches Doomsday Clock closer to midnight

With the risk of nuclear weapons being used in the war, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says the globe has entered ‘a time of unprecedented danger.’

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly speaks with reporters in June 2022. A Global Affairs response to the extreme warning Doomsday Clock tightening to 90 seconds to midnight is just business-as-usual for Canada, writes Douglas Roche.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

January 30, 2023

EDMONTON—The most shocking thing about moving the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been—is that nobody seems very shocked by it. The world has become inured to a looming Armageddon, and that is truly scary.

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