JUNE 2, 2010 and Dec. 7, 2010
THE UNANIMOUS MOTION OF THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT
We learn of this history first from the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament Update 29, July 2010:
“On June 2, 2010, the Senate of Canada unanimously adopted a motion submitted by Senator Hugh Segal (Conservative Party), which, inter alia, endorsed the UN Secretary-General’s Five Point Plan for nuclear disarmament and encouraged the government of Canada to engage in negotiations for a Nuclear Weapons Convention. The Senate sent the motion to the House of Commons with the aim to achieve a common resolution following the summer recess. The overwhelming support by the Senate for the Nuclear Weapons Convention follows the release in March of a letter supporting the NWC from over 500 recipients of the Order of Canada -– the country’s highest civilian honour.PNND Special Representative Roméo Dallaire, speaking in the debate on the draft resolution, indicated a number of areas in which Canada could contribute to nuclear disarmament – including verification for a NWC and the establishment of an Arctic Nuclear Weapons Free Zone as a step towards global nuclear abolition.”
This motion was then considered and passed unanimously on Dec. 7, 2010 by the House of Commons. The motion reads as follows:
Motion Approved Unanimously by Senate of Canada June 2, 2010
and Approved Unanimously by House of Commons December 7, 2010
That the House of Commons: