I don't think we'd have much credibility pushing it if we hadn't ratified the convention. That's step number one. I appreciate that the Canadian Forces are already beginning to make plans for the destruction of the stockpiles of these weapons that we have. Those are the first two things we can do to demonstrate moral leadership: one, to get rid of the stockpiles we have; and two, to ratify the treaty.
On November 19th, 2013. See this statement in context.