Letter to Prime Minister Urging Canada to Sign UN Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

governance · January 22, 2021 · Canada

A letter addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and MP Gord Johns urges Canada to sign the UN Treaty for Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which will come into force on January 22, 2021. The letter highlights Canada's current opposition and calls for reallocation of military spending to social priorities.

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• “the above-noted Treaty has now been ratified by the requisite 50 states and will officially come into force January 22nd, 2021... The time is right for Canada to come on board and sign the Treaty as well.” — The Islands Grapevine – January 14th, 2021 (January 14th, 2021)

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