Impolitical: What if we had a solution to the isotope crisis...and our government ignored it
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The Conservatives are precipitously walking us away from an area of scientific research that Canada has led in. An area of research that is likely to be more important going forward. They have no vision. They don't believe in government fostering such projects despite what the Professor Ryans of the world say. It's too hard to manage, being a complex governmental task. And running it doesn't jibe with their ideology which pushes them to privatize wherever and whenever possible. Sell it off to the French or the Americans. A crisis is a perfect opportunity. Meanwhile, the respected scientists and experts are telling us to wake up to what will be gone after decades of monetary and intellectual commitment. Canada is changing radically under these Conservatives and the nuclear issue at Chalk River is a symptom of that.
And secondly, and perhaps most importantly at the moment, they're not being up front with us on the fact that these MAPLE reactors could be working. At this time of isotope shortage, that's something Canadians need to know.
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