Archive » Tag: House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence
New Peace Centre needed to balance defence industry-funded think tanks
February 3, 2020
We call on the Government of Canada to hold consultations with civil society on a new independent centre for international peace and security. It is urgently needed to balance think tank policy advice backed by defence industry funding.
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Will a minority Liberal government be compelled to address growing nuclear risks?
November 18, 2019
With the NDP and Greens solidly in favour of ending NATO’s reliance on nuclear weapons, will the Liberal minority government rediscover its long lost role as NATO’s “nuclear nag”?
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We’re already preparing for Canada’s upcoming federal election
April 17, 2019
We all know that a federal election is looming this fall. It is not too early to start thinking about some of the key policies we want to see up for debate.
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Canadian silence on nuclear issues becoming deafening
March 25, 2019
The 2019 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., assesses current troubling trends in nuclear non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament. Among the more than 800 attendees was former Canadian Disarmament Ambassador Paul Meyer.
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