Please take action before FEB. 28TH.

 

CANADIAN ACTION TOWARD THE ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEPENDS ON YOU!

 

PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH ALL APPROPRIATE LISTSERVES, YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, EVERYONE YOU KNOW!

 

Dear Friends,

Are you concerned about the threat of nuclear weapons use? 
Biological and chemical weapons are banned. 

 

We believe nuclear weapons - threatening thousands of lives and our environment with even a small exchange - should be banned too. We now have an extremely rare opportunity for progress. President Obama has called for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World and he has the support of many international leaders.

 

The Government of Canada can speak out at three important events this year:

     •  during the ongoing review of the NATO Strategic Concept (this only occurs once every 10 years) 

    •  at the NonProliferation Treaty Review Conference in May (this only occurs once every 5 years)

    •  and during the G8 Summit.

 

We ask you to send emails that first welcome Canada’s ongoing support for an effective Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and for the Government’s efforts to improve its effectiveness through important institutional reforms.

 

Then please urge the Government of Canada:

a) to reaffirm Canada's traditional commitment to a world without nuclear weapons,

b) to support the call for an end to nuclear weapons reliance in NATO and the removal of US nuclear weapons in Europe,

c) to support the proposal for preparatory work on a nuclear weapons convention and to work on the verification requirements for nuclear disarmament.

 

Please send your emails before the end of February to:

Prime Minister Harper at     <HarpeS@parl.gc.ca>
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon  <CannoL@parl.gc.ca>
Ambassador to NATO <Robert.McRae@international.gc.ca>
Ambassador for Disarmament Jonathan.Tan@internatonal.gc.ca>

 

Prefer to mail your letters? 

Letters to the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs can be mailed postage-free to:

House of Commons, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A6.

Letters to the Ambassadors can be mailed to:
Jonathan Tan, Senior Policy Officer Agent principal des politiques Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Direction de la non-prolifération et du désarmement
Fax: 613-944-1835
125 Sussex Drive,

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  K1A 0G2

For information on the current Canadian context, see this article by Doug Roche and Ernie Regehr:

http://www.cigionline.org/blogs/2010/2/harper-government-missing-non-proliferation

For further information please go to
http://www.abolishnuclearweapons.ca

 

We need at least 5000 letters sent -so please share this with your family and friends. Let's support the international call for a nuclear weapons-free world!

 

Bev Delong
Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons