Peace Train Canada

The following working paper has been submitted by Peace Train Canada (PTC) about why a dozen participants are going to New York on March 2 to urge the Canadian government to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.   What is Peace Train Canada (PTC)?   In the face of ever-increasing violent wars, nuclear threat, climate disruption, and humanitarian crisis, the Peace Train “sounding louder,” raises the voice of Canadians across the country committed to the basics of enduring stability, security, and human rights both here and abroad.   The goal of PTC is to lift up all those who will rise to the current global challenges of resisting polarization, rampant self-interest, unchecked militarization, and widespread disregard for basic diplomacy and human rights.   Our vision is that Canada becomes an independent, middle power that is invested in and committed to promoting a culture of peace and resisting the culture of war.   We carr...

  In November, 40 people travelled on the Peace Train to Ottawa to ask the Canadian government to establish and fund a Centre of Excellence for Peace and Justice focused on research, education, and training in conflict resolution, diplomacy, and peace operations.   On March 2, a dozen Peace Trainers will accompany Member of Parliament Elizabeth May on her trip by train from Montreal to the United Nations in New York to call on the Canadian government to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).   “We going because Elizabeth challenged us to organize another peace train to show support for prohibiting nuclear weapons, and because we want to encourage the Canadian government to sign on to it,” says Keith Wyton, who along with his wife, Bernadette, organized the Ottawa Peace Train trip.   The TPNW is an international agreement that bans nuclear weapons. It was adopted in 2017 and went into effect in 2021. The TPNW is the first legall...