Mr. Speaker, I am sure all Canadians breathed a sigh of relief when the comprehensive test ban treaty was signed at the United Nations just a few days ago, but at this time I think we need to reflect on what now needs to happen.
The Canadian government needs to work now to abolish nuclear weapons entirely. It is not enough just to talk about getting other countries who have not signed the treaty yet to sign on, like India. The fact is that countries like India, while I wish they would sign the treaty, have a point when they say that the countries who now possess nuclear weapons should be working to abolish those weapons faster than they are.
I urge the government to break out of the NATO mindset and to work toward the abolition of nuclear weapons, weapons which I have always regarded as a blasphemy, given that we would even think, in the name of anything, of destroying all creation.