chalk river
As Air Canada battles its union, Lisa Raitt comes out swinging again
The minister is surprisingly fond of legislative sledgehammers
BUDGET 2010: Innovation, technology, green initiatives
Nuclear industry gets big boost
The revolution will eventually end up on YouTube
This footage is apparently a couple months old, but it is indeed Michael Ignatieff standing up in public and saying things about stuff—specifically arctic sovereignty, agriculture, Conservative attack ads, Afghanistan, nuclear energy, firearms and pharmacare.
U Sask joins with province on isotope-producing reactor
University has been studying the nuclear project’s feasibility for the past year
Less sexier by the day
The CBC’s Leslie MacKinnon files a necessary review of the medical isotope situation.
It’s complicated
Before yesterday’s eventfulness, Carolyn Bennett’s office sent over a manifesto of sorts on the medical isotope shortage.
It is sometimes worth paying QP some attention
There is apparently some lament—from no less than the Prime Minister even— that the Liberals didn’t use Question Period this afternoon to follow up Michael Ignatieff’s announcement this morning. Funny thing is, they did.
The Commons: A stare down
A tale of two press conferences
Coyne v. Wells on Canada’s nuclear sinkhole
Our weekly Video Podcast
‘So taken out of context’
Lisa Raitt sits for her first interview since the unpleasantness. Meanwhile, Doug Bell attempts to parse her earlier apology.
It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is
Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt, yesterday afternoon in QP. “AECL has world class scientists who worked for 12 years to get the MAPLE reactors working. After 12 years and over $.5 billion not one single isotope was actually produced.”
The real shame in the Raitt scandal
Unstable minority governments mean that ministers are always jockeying for position