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Article: Nuclear weapons and Canada.
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- Ploughshares Monitor
- Article date:
- September 1, 1998
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The question of what to do about nuclear weapons is increasingly on the international agenda. In this report, an updated version of Project Ploughshares' February 1998 submission to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Bill Robinson summarizes the current state of the debate and outlines Ploughshares' recommendations for Canadian action.
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