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United Church Social Policy Positions
Nuclear Submarines: American Testing in Canada (1990)
The 33rd General Council urges the Canadian government to:
- Protest the construction of an acoustic measurement facility in Behm Canal;
- Deplore the use of Canadian waters by US submarines;
- Pursue vigorously Canada’s sovereignty claim to the waters of the Dixon Entrance;
- Insist on environmental precautions before allowing passage of US ships through Canadian waters;
- Adopt a policy of military de-escalation and to adopt a posture of opposition to a continuing escalation of the nuclear arms race.
General Council: 33rd General Council, 1990
Record of Proceedings Page Ref. 1990 ROP, pp. 157–158.
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