Canada’s former top soldier says this country should keep its options open on the question of acquiring nuclear weapons, broaching a subject that has largely been closed to debate for decades.
Retired general Wayne Eyre was speaking Monday at a forum in Ottawa. The event’s topic was national sovereignty and Canadian military capability in an age of geopolitical turmoil and shifting alliances.
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Party Poopers … McGuinty: Ottawa remains opposed to acquiring nuclear weapons
OTTAWA – Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada remains opposed to acquiring nuclear weapons, despite a suggestion from a former head of the military that Ottawa should not rule it out.
McGuinty says Canada signed international treaties explicitly opposed to the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
