Prime Minister Harper was in New Brunswick today to an announce an aid package for one-industry towns that have been hit with downturns. While there, he took some questions about the AECL-Lunn thing. He commended the actions of Lunn and others and took some shots at Linda Keen, the president ... more »
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Who pays for this blog? I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service. The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service. I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here. If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section |
Thursday, January 10
Provincial economies set to slow
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DavidAkin
on Thu 10 Jan 2008 12:19 PM EST
Just in time for a meeting between Prime Minister Harper and the premiers Friday night, the economists at TD Bank released today their provincial outlook for 2007–08. Highlights:
Rubin calls $1.50 a litre gasoline
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DavidAkin
on Thu 10 Jan 2008 12:10 PM EST
I had CIBC World Markets Chief Economist Jeff Rubin in a piece I did last week looking ahead to potentially high gas prices this spring and summer. Michael Ervin, at M.J. Ervin had predicted gas could peak at $1.30 a litre this spring. Rubin, in the same piece, said Canadians ... more »
Lunn misled Parliament, says NDP
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DavidAkin
on Thu 10 Jan 2008 11:43 AM EST
NDP Catherine Bell, her party’s natural resources critic, tells me this morning that, after reviewing the Auditor General’s special examination of AECL, Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn misled Parliament about the whole fiasco involving the shutdown of the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratory. Her party, like others, is calling for ... more »
Lunn knew in September about AECL deficiencies
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DavidAkin
on Thu 10 Jan 2008 12:21 AM EST
These challenges are the completion and licensing of the Dedicated Isotope Facility (DIF), the development and licensability of the Advanced CANDU Reactor (ACR) in time for the market requirement, and the replacement of aging facilities at Chalk River Laboratories (CRL)."... AECL has identified a need to increase its operating and capital investment by some $600 million in the next 5 years (about $850 million in the next 10 years) to address fire and building code deficiencies as well as licensing, health, safety, and security issues at the Chalk River Laboratories site. more » |
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