House Cards are 1-2 page briefing notes prepared by departmental staff each day on a 'hot' issue that bureaucrats believe the minister may be forced to talk about in the House of Commons during Question Period or in response to a question from a reporter. These cards relate to evacuation of Canadian citizens from Lebanon during the Israel-Lebanon war of 2006: What were the costs for the emergency evacuation of Canadian Citizens from Lebanon in the summer of 2006?
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Friday, February 15
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on Fri 15 Feb 2008 11:28 PM EST
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The results, considering that Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn and many other Conservatives are unabashed fans of nuclear power, are not surprising: "The findings of this research indicate some openness to the idea of nuclear energy as a part of addressing air quality issues.... In response to a specific scenario (the extraction of oil from Canada’s oil sands which requires a significant expenditure of energy that releases greenhouse gasses), two in three Canadians indicate that they would approve using nuclear power to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that result from the extraction of oil in the oil sands." more » |
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