To the Editor:
This week the United States and more than 90 other countries signed the UN Arms Trade Treaty aimed at curbing the transfer of conventional weapons that could promote acts of genocide, crimes against humanity, or war crimes.
But Stephen Harper's government did not sign, overly anxious the treaty might somehow impinge on recreational users in Canada engaged in sport shooting and hunting.
This is the same Stephen Harper who last week dismissed Iranian assertions that their country was not seeking nuclear weapons and who declared 'We should carefully monitor deeds far more than words'.
Stephen Harper seems to be very good at principled words when it comes to lecturing others, but less great at setting a good example when even the slightest interests of his political base is affected.
Larry Kazdan, Vancouver, B.C.
