Category Archives: Nuclear Proliferation

Against the Bomb

(January 6, 2002) In the midst of war-like postures emanating out of New Delhi and Islamabad, Out of the Nuclear Shadow is a must-read. It brings some of best writings of the intellectuals and activists of the subcontinent and is a contribution to the anti-nuclear struggle, says KANTI BAJPAI. Continue reading

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Canada’s nuke tie to Taliban

(December 21, 2001) The suicide bomb that exploded in New Delhi last week, triggering renewed tensions between India and Pakistan, has once again landed the latter country’s nuclear arsenal at the top of international security concerns. Alarm about a possible nuclear meltdown in the subcontinent comes amid fears that rouge extremists in Pakistan could try to seize that country’s nuclear arsenal and reports linking former and active Pakistani nuke scientists to al Qaeda. Continue reading

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Part Two: Indo-Pakistani nuclear war? CANDU!

(May 1, 2001) Ensuring more CANDU sales meant not giving countries a hard time over bothersome issues like safeguards against plutonium diversion, says David Martin, who is a nuclear policy consultant at the Sierra Club of Canada. 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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CANDU Reactor Deal Controversy

(December 9, 1996) Call it the Great Mall of China. Two years ago, Prime Minister Jean CHRÉTIEN led nine premiers and more than 400 business people on a mission to vastly expand trade with the world’s most populous market. The results of the “Team Canada” trip have been impressive: nearly $9 billion worth of confirmed deals involving Canadian banks, financial and legal services, and manufacturing ventures. Yet trade with what is also the world’s largest totalitarian state is never free of controversy. Continue reading

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Campaign for nuclear phaseout

(November 6, 1996) Canada is “Exporting Disaster” New study critical of imminent CANDU export deal to China. Continue reading

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Exporting disaster: The cost of selling CANDU reactors

(November 1, 1996) Canadian CANDU exports have entailed extraordinary high costs for Canadians, both in financial and in human terms. Continue reading

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China human rights fact sheet

(March 1, 1995) Human rights violations in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) remain systematic and widespread. The Chinese government continues to suppress dissenting opinions and maintains political control over the legal system, resulting in an arbitrary and sometimes abusive judical regime. Continue reading

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