Post #1377014
2026-04-08 08:07 UTC
@michaelmaguire @passenger
Oh! I didn't know this!
Also, with a bit of a search, this article says we had nuclear weapons from 1964-1984 and so were actually the first nation in the world to voluntarily give them up. Learning more every day lol
https://encyclopediecanadienne.ca/en/article/canada-and-nuclear-weapons
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@michaelmaguire@mstdn.ca 2026-04-08 08:11
@rightsprung @passenger it also means we're morally about 5% or more responsible for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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@michaelmaguire@mstdn.ca 2026-04-08 08:34
@rightsprung @passenger There's also this unfortunate episode in nuclear proliferation: https://www.counterpunch.org/2006/02/27/the-smiling-buddha-blast-and-canada-s-candu-snafu/