Time to root out loopholes in Canada’s cluster munitions laws

Now would be the time to finally amend Canada’s domestic law on cluster munitions so it conforms to the standards established in the convention itself.

Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly should fix the exception in the law that allows a Canadian commander of a multinational force to direct the use of cluster munitions by non-party state armed forces, writes Earl Turcotte. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY EARL TURCOTTE

July 12, 2023

Bravo Canada, for speaking out forcefully against the use of cluster munitions in the wake of the United States’ decision to provide Ukraine with these horrible weapons.

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