Canada’s silence on the U.S. and Saudi Arabia’s nuclear agre
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2026 5:38 pm"Canada’s silence on the U.S. and Saudi Arabia’s nuclear agreement isn’t neutrality. It’s something much worse"
By Lloyd Axworthy, Contributor - July 28, 2026
Lloyd Axworthy is a former longtime MP who served as Canadian foreign minister from 1996 to 2000.
EXCERPT: "It is time for another cross-country parliamentary examination of Canadian nuclear policy: a genuine national inquiry for a more dangerous nuclear age. The last serious parliamentary engagement shaped Canada’s thinking in the 1990s. The world has changed. Nuclear rivalry has returned, arms control is fraying and civilian nuclear deals are becoming vehicles for strategic ambiguity once again. Canada needs a fresh review that hears from Parliament, experts, Indigenous communities, diplomats, arms-control advocates and alliance partners. . . . ."
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By Lloyd Axworthy, Contributor - July 28, 2026
Lloyd Axworthy is a former longtime MP who served as Canadian foreign minister from 1996 to 2000.
EXCERPT: "It is time for another cross-country parliamentary examination of Canadian nuclear policy: a genuine national inquiry for a more dangerous nuclear age. The last serious parliamentary engagement shaped Canada’s thinking in the 1990s. The world has changed. Nuclear rivalry has returned, arms control is fraying and civilian nuclear deals are becoming vehicles for strategic ambiguity once again. Canada needs a fresh review that hears from Parliament, experts, Indigenous communities, diplomats, arms-control advocates and alliance partners. . . . ."
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