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The treaty would be the first legally binding inter- national agreement to pro- hibit the development, test- ing, stockpiling, transfer, use and threat of use of nu- clear weapons. The United Nations vot- ed to pass the agreement in July 2017. However, in or- der to come into effect 50 countries must sign and ratify it. So far only 34 countries have done this. Canada, the United States, Russia, Pakistan, India, North Korea and South Korea are among the countries that have not. During a presentation before council Dr. Barbara Birkett of the local chapter of Physicians for Global Survival noted that the Doomsday Clock, the sym- bol which represents the likelihood of a man-made global catastrophe, is cur- rently set at two minutes to midnight due to the twin threats of climate change and the use of nuclear weapons. "The International Committee of the Red Cross has stated there is no possible humanitarian re- sponse to a nuclear con- flict, and scientific studies have shown that even a lim- ited nuclear war, say be- tween India and Pakistan, would kill two billion peo- ple," said Birkett. "The deterrence doc- trine is like a medication with too many lethal side effects. It must be with- drawn from the market. We hope Oakville will join To- ronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Saanich, Paris, Berlin, Washington, D.C., Los An- geles, Baltimore, Mel- bourne and Sydney and many other cities and towns around the world that have asked their coun- tries to support the treaty." Mervyn Russell, former chair of the Oakville Com- munity Centre for Peace, Ecology and Human Rights, said the detonation of a modern nuclear weap- on would be much more powerful than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 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NEWS TOWN URGING FEDS TO SIGN ANTI-NUKE TREATY TREATY DOES NOT COME INTO EFFECT UNTIL 50 COUNTRIES SIGN AND RATIFY IT DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com STORY BEHIND THE STORY We attended a local council meeting where this matter was discussed, and listened as delegates presented their case as to why Oakville should become involved in efforts to ban nuclear weapons worldwide. Dr. Barbara Burkett speaks at an Oakville council meeting urging council to join other municipalities in pressuring the Canadian government to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Town of Oakville photo