16 Jan Canadian Council of Churches urges support of TPNW

The Canadian Council of Churches sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging the Canadian government to support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and denouncing NATO’s nuclear deterrence policy.

“We the undersigned, representing all 26 member denominations of The Canadian Council of Churches, write to urge that the Government of Canada support the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (…)

The lack of progress toward the elimination of nuclear weapons has led to this new political reality in the nuclear disarmament realm. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons bears witness to the widely-held perception that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) does not constitute a sufficiently credible or effective path to abolition (…)

We appeal to you and the Government to work with allies and to engage would-be adversaries to formulate security arrangements that do not rely on the threat of nuclear annihilation. As a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member, it is Canada’s prerogative to raise such issues within the alliance.”

The letter can also be found here: https://www.councilofchurches.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Canadian-Council-of-Churches-United-Nations-Treaty-on-the-Prohibition-of-Nuclear-Weapons.pdf