Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. A reference was made earlier in this meeting to the credibility of Canada. I had the honour to serve our country at the United Nations in disarmament discussions in many venues, and I always felt proud, in the sense of representing a country that had a comm

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, sir, for your questions. On Libya, it was a result of the combined work in the UN, led, I think, by the U.S., that Libya got rid of its nuclear weapons. You mentioned Gadhafi and the problems in Libya right now. We cannot wait until the regions of the world

Foreign Affairs committee  I take your point. I'm certainly not defending any mis-actions, or whatever, within the UN, which is a big institution. I'm only saying that we cannot wait until we have perfect peace in the regions before addressing the paramount problem, which is instigating or producing more i

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Obhrai. With great respect, I would be unable to accept the use of the word “motherhood”, which you used twice in describing this work of building a nuclear weapons convention, which is at the heart of the efforts the secretary-general is employing today. I've sai

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. If you will permit me, I shall answer in English. Mr. Chairman, it is true that India violated a norm in 1974 with the detonation of a device that was made possible by Canadian materials. India paid a price for that at the time. But the world went

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Rae. Yes, I have had discussions. I believe it can be said that within the Department of Foreign Affairs there is a serious interest in the proposal as contained in my statement. I'm a former parliamentarian, as you know, and a former diplomat. I have both strea

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Rae, it would certainly be my hope, and I put this respectfully to the committee of which I was once a proud member, that this committee would see fit to conduct either hearings or a study in its own appropriate way in order that the considered view of this committee could go

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am pleased to appear once again before the distinguished members of this committee. The unanimous passage by the Senate on June 2, 2010, and the House of Commons on December 7, 2010, of a motion calling on the Government of Canada to deploy a major world