My question is for the Government Representative in the Senate. Senator Gold, in 2017, the United Nations negotiated the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The vote on the final draft took place on July 7, 2017. Canada did not participate in that vote. On October 24, 2020, Honduras became the fiftieth state to ratify the treaty, triggering the treaty’s entry into force 90 days later, which will be on January 22, 2021.

Senator Gold, could you tell us why Canada has not signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and could you tell us if Canada has any plans to do so? Thank you.