01-12-2017 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com

Laverdière: Landmine treaty reminds Liberals about multilateralism

This December, an important international agreement will celebrate its 20th birthday.
The Ottawa Treaty, also known as the Mine Ban Treaty, was the culmination of years of struggle to ban anti-personnel mines. But if you only read today’s headlines, you might never know it existed. Even though the Liberal government has every reason to celebrate the treaty, it has been conspicuously silent.
Twenty years ago, Canada wasn’t quiet. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines had worked
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