Lloyd Axworthy

We are quite confident the system has sufficient checks and balances.

We are quite confident the system has sufficient checks and balances.

We've come to this conclusion with unexpected and heartening speed,

We've come to this conclusion with unexpected and heartening speed,

And we were pretty much helpless because this was an unarmed UN mission.

And we were pretty much helpless because this was an unarmed UN mission.

Canada is abandoning its 40- to 50-year traditional diplomatic approach in how to deal with the dangers of nuclear weapons.

Canada is abandoning its 40- to 50-year traditional diplomatic approach in how to deal with the dangers of nuclear weapons.

It doesn't mean the system is perfect.

It doesn't mean the system is perfect.