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Canada trying to sell reactors called unsafe
(June 25, 1998) Montreal – The country that jump-started India’s nuclear weapons program is aggresively seeking to sell atomic reactors to China, Turkey and other nations with poor reputations for protecting either human rights or the environment. Continue reading
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Documents show federal role in Candu sales
(June 11, 1998) Lawsuit contends government dodged environmental rules on China contracts. Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Economics, Nuclear Plant Security, Nuclear Power, Towards Shutdown
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No wrongdoing in sale of reactors, says minister
(June 9, 1998) Candu deals in China, South Asia under attack in Commons. Federal government ministers rejected allegations yesterday of wrongdoing in nuclear reactor sales to China and of Canadian complicity in the militarization of nuclear capability in India and Pakistan. Continue reading
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Cabinet rubber-stamped nuclear deal
(June 8, 1998) How Martin, Eggleton signed $1.5-billion China loan guarantee without review of contract. Finance Minister Paul Martin signed a $1.5-billion federal loan guarantee for a Candu reactor sale to China without him or his department reviewing the export contract or financing agreements. Continue reading
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Selling ‘seeds’ for H-bombs
(June 7, 1998) Canada sold reactors first to India, then to Pakistan. Paul MacKay reports that Turkey is likely to be next. India did it. Pakistan did it. Turkey will likely be next. Continue reading
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Why Candus are bomb kits
(June 7, 1998) A huge spinoff industry depends on reactor sales, officials say. But suppliers diversified long ago, writes Richard Foot. Continue reading
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Information-czar candidate under attack: Ex-MP once worked for nuclear association
(June 4, 1998) John Reid, a former Liberal cabinet minister, will be interviewed by a panel of MPs today for the job of federal information commissioner. Continue reading
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Municipal utility privatization in Ontario: putting the public first
(April 13, 1998) Instead of planning cutbacks and struggling to avoid tax increases to deal with new costs imposed on them by the unpopular Harris government downloading, Ontario municipalities could be planning to use the funds from a perpetual, income generating endowment and preparing to issue a special dividend payment to taxpayers. Continue reading
Municipal utility privatization: putting the public first (speech)
(April 2, 1998) Instead of planning cutbacks and struggling to avoid tax increases, municipalities could be planning to use the funds from a perpetual, income generating endowment and preparing to issue a special dividend payment to taxpayers. Continue reading
CANDU or CANDON’T: Competing values behind Canada’s nuclear sales
(April 1, 1998) Duane Bratt is a lecturer in the Department of Economics and Political Science at Mount RoyalCollege (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). He has written several articles and newspaper editorials on Canada’s nuclear policy, including “Is Business Booming? Canada’s Nuclear Reactor Export Policy,” International Journal (Summer 1996) and “The Future of CANDU Exports,” Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies’ Strategic Datalink (October 1997). Continue reading
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