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A Problem like Harper - Canada and Climate Change

January 3, 2010 by Climatico Analysis
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With the dust barely settled from the Copenhagen talks, critics within Canada have been scathing of its approach to the talks. They note Canada’s failure to take any leadership, its humiliation at the hands of the Yes Men (although there, Canada is hardly alone) in recent times, as well as the recipient of a fossil award, for lack of... [read more]

Canada the Treaty Breaker

December 1, 2009 by Glen Estill
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper finally agreed to go to the Copenhagen conference on climate change. After calling climate science a “socialist plot”, and working diligently as a friend and ally of George Bush’s America, he has reluctantly agreed to engage. But Canada’s role appears to be one of deal breaker. The government has done... [read more]

Darlington On Hold: Leveraging a Hard Bargain?

July 4, 2009 by Jacob Mazer
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The government of Ontario promised a decision in June regarding plans for the proposed Darlington nuclear power plant. True to its word, on June 29 the province announced it: the Darlington project has been put on hold. Of the three firms vying for the Darlington contract, only state-owned Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.'s bid met the... [read more]

AECL future? Who’s really ‘dysfunctional’ in Canada?

July 4, 2009 by Dan Yurman
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It's time for the crown corporation to stop being an Ottawa sucker and act like an Ice Road Trucker Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper may come to regret his blunt language reported in the Economist June 18 in which his spokesman called Atomic Energy Canada Limited (AECL) “dysfunctional.” The insulting language, which will... [read more]