GC33 Nuclear Submarines (1990N777)

The 33rd General Council urges the Canadian government to:

  1. Protest the construction of an acoustic measurement facility in Behm Canal;
  2. Deplore the use of Canadian waters by US submarines;
  3. Pursue vigorously Canada’s sovereignty claim to the waters of the Dixon Entrance;
  4. Insist on environmental precautions before allowing passage of US ships through Canadian waters;
  5. Adopt a policy of military de-escalation and to adopt a posture of opposition to a continuing escalation of the nuclear arms race.

 

GC33 1990 ROP, pp. 157-158

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