There is a growing global movement working for the elimination of all nuclear weapons.

One of the most encouraging developments in this movement has been the preparation of a Model Convention on Nuclear Weapons. The Model Convention was drafted to demonstrate what an international treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons might look like. It was circulated for discussion by the United Nations in 1997.

I have moved the following motion in the House of Commons calling for Canada to actively support the negotiation and adoption of such a convention:

M-439 - September 25, 2000 - Mr. Blaikie (Winnipeg Transcona) - On or after Monday, October 9, 2000 - That in the opinion of this House, the government should actively support the negotiation and adoption of an international treaty to eliminate all nuclear weapons based on the Model Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Testing, Use and Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons and on their Elimination that was circulated by the United Nations in 1997.

For more information about the Model Convention on Nuclear Weapons, see Security and Survival: The Case for a Nuclear Weapons Convention. A copy of this document is available at the following website: www.ippnw.org