On Oct. 1, 2008, the Idaho National Laboratory, (which has) hosted Conservative party leaders including (Alberta) premier Ed Stelmach and energy minister Mel Knight at their centre in Boise, made a lengthy submission to the expert panel on nuclear.
INL, a nuclear research group and subsidiary of the U.S. Department of Energy, had a lot to say to our government that is apparently waiting for the lopsided on-line survey results on nuclear power.
Former Conservative MP for Edmonton Strathcona, and Edmonton South from 1972 to 1984 and now a retired senator, Douglas Roche was scathing in his criticism of the lack of openness and honesty in an editorial published in the Edmonton Journal on May 6, 2009.
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He said: “The survey is cleverly formulated to intimidate.” …
Seems that INL as well as Trans Canada, a major shareholder in Bruce Power and proponent of exporting electrical energy to Oregon, have had a lot more sympathetic ear than actual voters in this province. Our window of opportunity to comment was brief and virtually limited to an on-line biased survey that senator Roche waded into.
Why are Stelmach and Knight even considering an antiquated, costly and environmentally and health risky antiquated technology that generates weapons grade plutonium?
Senator Roche has spent his retirement years trying to rid the planet of the nuclear menace the world faces. In 1988 senator Roche was elected chair of the UN disarmament committee. We do not need more nuclear weapons proliferation material nor the leftover nuclear waste that no one knows how to deal with.
Can Stelmach and Knight be so uninformed in these matters? Do they care? …
