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Influx of women into nuclear disarmament gives us hope, unless they work for a NATO country

The women who make and present Canadian policy on nuclear disarmament stick to soft truisms and shun the bold actions called for by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who opened the conference, warning: 'Humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation,' writes Douglas Roche.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, left, Defence Minister Anita Anand, and Canadian Ambassador Leslie Norton. Despite the enormous danger to the world from the aggressive nuclear modernization programs of the nuclear powers, who intend to spend billions of dollars to retain their nuclear arsenals for the rest of this century, the Canadian government still refuses to support comprehensive, time-bound negotiations for the elimination of nuclear weapons, writes Douglas Roche. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and courtesy Flickr, and Commons Wikimedia

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BY DOUGLAS ROCHE
August 10, 2022

Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | August 10, 2022

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