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UN: Nuclear weapons ban treaty to enter into force
Edith M. Ledere, The Associated Press, Staff
Published Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:55PM EDT
Last Updated Sunday, October 25, 2020 7:10AM EDT
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/un-nuclear-weapons-ban-treaty-to-enter-into-force-1.5159728
WORLD
United Nations treaty to ban nuclear weapons to enter into force
By Edith M. Lederer The Associated Press
Posted October 24, 2020 7:09 pm
Updated October 24, 2020 7:11 pm
https://globalnews.ca/news/7420162/nuclear-weapons-ban-treaty/
ANALYSIS | Rights + Justice | Politics
Why Won’t Canada Back a Nuclear Weapons’ Ban?
A UN nuclear arms treaty has won enough support to take effect. But the Trudeau government is still backing nukes.
Bianca Mugyenyi 29 Oct 2020 | TheTyee.ca
Bianca Mugyenyi is an author and former co-executive director of the Leap. She currently directs the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/10/29/Canada-Nuclear-Weapons-Ban/
OPINION11/11/2020 15:41 EST
Other Countries Have Proven They Want A World Without Nuclear Arms. Why Hasn't Canada?
There's a gap between what Justin Trudeau's Liberals say and what they do.
• By Bianca Mugyenyi, Contributor
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/trudeau-nuclear-weapons-ban_ca_5fabf5f4c5b6cae94041a3a2
OPINION
Nuclear weapons are a disgrace to humanity. Banning them is the only way forward
JOHN POLANYI
CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL
PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Canada and the Nuclear Ban Treaty – The Deterrence vs Disarmament Dilemma
Published: Winter 2020/21 | By: Paul Meyer| Volume 69, No.5
https://thecic.org/canada-and-the-nuclear-ban-treaty-the-deterrence-vs-disarmament-dilemma/
Nuclear arms and Canada
BY MICHAEL SWAN, THE CATHOLIC REGISTER
November 5, 2020
https://www.catholicregister.org/item/32339-nuclear-arms-and-canada
This interview with Cesar Jaramillo was also printed in the Catholic Saskatoon News.
The nuclear ban treaty is entering into force. What now for Canada?
Canada needs to be bolder about joining the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and press NATO by disavowing support for nuclear deterrence.
By Paul Meyers, Policy Options, Nov. 23, 2020.
PAUL MEYER: CANADA, NATO, & THE NUCLEAR BAN TREATY
Jan 19, 2021 | Analysis | 0 comments
https://cdainstitute.ca/paul-meyer-canada-nato-the-nuclear-treaty-ban/
Canada increasingly isolated in opposing nuclear weapons ban...130 countries voted to endorse the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, but Canada wasn’t one of them, Opinion by Yves Engler, JANUARY 19, 2021. Yves engler has this article in Canadian Dimension, and has published also on his website, the rabble.ca blog and others.
So many words, but so little action on nuclear disarmament, by Earl Turcotte, The Hill Times, Jan. 20, 2021. (Attached.)
January 21st, 2021
Statement on Entry Into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
MP Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona) made the following statement:
https://heathermcpherson.ndp.ca/news/statement-entry-force-treaty-prohibition-nuclear-weapons-tpnw
MPs urge Canada to sign UN treaty banning nuclear weapons
By Yasmine Ghania, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, National Observer
Thu., Jan. 21, 2021timer3 min. read
Greens join in multi-party press conference to mark the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons coming into force
MPs urge Canada to sign UN treaty banning nuclear weapons
Thu, January 21, 2021, 4:19 PM·3 min read
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/mps-urge-canada-sign-un-231923404.html
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, Climate Justice Saskatoon, Jan. 22, 2021
https://climatejusticesaskatoon.ca/2021/01/22/treaty-on-the-prohibition-of-nuclear-weapons/
New Democrats call on Liberals to sign the TPNW
Jack Harris, NDP Critic for Foreign Affairs, made the following statement on January 22nd, 2021
https://www.ndp.ca/news/new-democrats-call-liberals-sign-tpnw
Government clams up on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Treaty which comes into force on Jan. 22
By DOUGLAS ROCHE JANUARY 18, 2021
https://www.hilltimes.com/2021/01/18/278570/278570
Canada should join the push to create a nuclear weapons-free world
DOUGLAS ROCHE
CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL
PUBLISHED JANUARY 22, 2021
Le refus du Canada de ratifier le Traité sur l’interdiction des armes nucléaires : Exigeons des audiences publiques
Rémi Bachand, Professeur de droit international à l’UQAM et membre du collectif Échec à la guerre, Texte de paru dans La Presse + du 22 janvier 2021
Success! Nuclear weapons are illegal at last
Greenpeace Canada 22 January, 2021
https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/story/45730/success-nuclear-weapons-are-illegal-at-last/
It's a landmark day for nuclear disarmament, but an awkward one for the federal government
Canada won't sign Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons despite being 'committed' to disarmament
Bianca Mugyenyi, Setsuko Thurlow · for CBC News Opinion · Posted: Jan 22, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 22
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-tpnw-treaty-canada-1.5882158
Article reposted at arabnews24.ca
Trudeau government uncooperative as new UN treaty calls for nuclear disarmament
NEWSParker Sherry — Published January 24, 2021 7 minutes
https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/feature/noam-chomsky-urges-canada-to-sign-nuclear-ban
The Hill Times
Canada still has obligation to participate in good faith in negotiations on nuclear disarmament
By ERIKA SIMPSON JANUARY 25, 2021
Join the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons
CJPME website (undated article)
