Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Dewar. The chairman would probably like me to be brief in my answer, so I will be. First, on “depressing”, that's true in some ways, but you have to turn that coin around. I submit that there is an historical momentum occurring toward the elimination of nuclear w

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. I'll deal with the first question, and Mr. Regehr will deal with India. First, I was puzzled by your use, Mr. Obhrai, of the word “exempt”. I'm not sure if you meant to imply it, but let me state clearly that the major nuclear powers are not exempt from their obliga

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Khan. In brief, the pursuit of international law is the only way in which we can hope to live in a stabilized world as the 21st century goes ahead. I think Russia is manifesting, in the announcement that you just referred to, that there is indeed a renewed nuclear

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Khan. First, on “weight”, what I meant was that the Canadian government should speak at the highest levels, go to the highest levels—the Prime Minister, the foreign minister. The full exposition of the policy of the Government of Canada on this subject i

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. With your permission, sir, I will answer in English. Iran poses a dilemma for the world because it's symptomatic of what the real problem is. The real problem in the world is not Iran pursuing the development of nuclear energy, which has the capacity for their buildin

Foreign Affairs committee  First of all, yes, I do believe that the Canadian government should update its petition. There should be, as I indicated earlier, a statement at the highest levels of the government, a Canadian petition to support and become proactive in the diplomatic and political engagements i

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Dosanjh. You pose a challenge to us to name the single most important thing. There is a range of things that have to be done. But when Hans Blix was asked that very question as the chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, whose report came out abou

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm here representing the Middle Powers Initiative, which submitted a report called “Towards 2010: Priorities for NPT Consensus” to the recently concluded first preparatory meeting for the 2010 review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.