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Nuclear documentary “Command and Control” to air on PBS January 10, 2017
January 10, 2017
On Tuesday, January 10, PBS affiliate stations will air the dramatic documentary film “Command and Control” nationwide as part of their “American Experience” series. For anyone disturbed by President-elect Trump’s reckless talk about launching a new nuclear arms, this brilliant documentary is a must-see. – Peggy Mason, Rideau Institute President Here is the PBS write […]
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RI President Honoured for Work on Nuclear Disarmament
October 26, 2016
UPDATE: CLICK Mason-award-comments FOR TEXT OF PEGGY MASON’S REMARKS UPON RECEIPT OF THE AWARD. Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention (CNWC) has awarded Rideau Institute President and former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament to the UN, Peggy Mason, its 2016 Achievement Award: … for her ongoing commitment to a nuclear weapons-free world and for her persistent […]
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Join in global efforts to abolish nuclear weapons
September 19, 2016
Rideau Institute President Peggy Mason was honoured to speak at the international conference Building a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World in Astana, Kazakhstan on August 30th. She began her remarks, entitled, A-Canadian-Defence-Policy-that-moves-towards-Security-without-Nuclear-Weapons-or-War with: Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev in his Manifesto of the World for the 21st Century set out a visionary, yet clear and practical programme for achieving security […]
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Canada spurns UN nuclear disarmament plan
August 26, 2016
In an article which first appeared in Wednesday’s Hill Times, former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament Doug Roche delivered a stinging rebuke to the Liberal government for its recent actions in the Geneva Conference on Disarmament. See Canada Turns Back on UN Nuclear Disarmament Plan (Douglas Roche, 24 August 2016). The focus of his concern was the […]
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