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“It still amazes me that people don’t know that their power comes from nuclear reactors. It amazes me that many people drive past the Pickering plant on their way to work every day, and don’t know...
On August 14, 2003, a poorly maintained electricity system--like a levee holding back water--failed and drained all the power from 50 million Canadians and Americans. During the blackout, people...
My history teacher was an intimidating person. It seemed that there was nothing in his field he did not know. He was a Prussian institution, equipped with a PhD in history, which catapulted him...
For years now, provincial governments have complained about a “fiscal imbalance” in reference to Ottawa’s ongoing surpluses while many provinces have been running deficits. But recent times have...
Energy ministers from across Canada recently met in St. Andrews, N.B. Media coverage of the meeting noted that the agenda included golf and a lobster dinner. Fair enough – the ministers are...
When Paul Martin met with George Bush and Vicente Fox in Texas last March to chart further continental integration (while Martin’s neo-liberal competitor for the Liberal Party crown, John Manley,...
When the Ontario government passed electricity restructuring legislation at the end of last year, it was bowing to Washington’s trade liberalization pressures by moving to conform the province’s...
Unless the U.S. and Canadian governments act soon, many of us could be sitting in the dark again as we were during the blackout of August 14, 2003 that shut down much of the U.S. Northeast and...