But What About the Malfunctioning Back-Up System?
Interesting. This morning I almost linked to a CanWest story about the firing today of Linda Keen, but I honestly thought it too biased - almost as if it was written by Gary Lunn, so I'll go with a Globe article instead. It does remind one, though, of the New Conservative Government of Canada's love of privatization (nuclear industry privatization plans are well underway, not just afoot) and CanWest's love of same - if you're into boycotts of corporate government/media, Dear Reader.
The Globe article is a too careful overly cautious write-up of the latest salvo - the firing of Ms. Keen - but it's the nuclear industry we're talking about here and AECL isn't a body to be fooled around with - although apparently nuclear energy is these days - especially if you have a convenient shortage of isotopes for cancer patients at the ready to exploit.
There's not much more to say about this case that hasn't been said, except that the AECL and the New Conservative Government of Canada are now very clearly colluding in the silencing of the one person who seems to have been doing her job in protecting the safety of Canadians. That the New Conservatives should be hounded out of office by Canadians is evident, but unless the media steps up its reporting on the dangerous partisan games going on here, it's not likely to happen, is it. The AECL? Well, let's just say "scary" and leave it at that. I don't want plutonium mailed to my apartment.
You will notice, even in this article, though, that Stephen Harper and his Minister of the Moment, Gary Lunn, sidestep the actual failing here of the AECL and our government - a failing which could have had much more catastrophic consequences than the healthcare crisis precipitated by the shutdown of the plant - which is to regulate the nuclear industry to ensure the safety of Canadians.
You'd think, at a time when nuclear energy is back on the agenda due to the global warming "crisis" precipitated by the burning of fossil fuels and the resultant greenhouse gas emissions, Canadians would be wondering about the politics of it all. We've got ourselves a corporate government and a corporate media and a lot of money to be made in nuclear energy. I say we start paying closer attention - especially to what's next up - privatization of the nuclear industry.
Because, good luck, my fellow Canadians, getting answers when things go wrong once it's all been privatized.
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