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The most recent tongue-twister in Ottawa concerns Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt who, less exotically, left secret documents concerning Atomic Energy Commission Ltd. at a CTV studio. Opposition parties are fiercely demanding that she be sacked, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper has refused to accept her resignation, arguing that her circumstances and those of Mr. [Maxime Bernier] are completely different. He is probably right, but Canadians don't have a great tradition to instruct them in how to think about these things.
Ms. Raitt's portfolio includes Canada's nuclear industry, and the misplaced documents pertain to that. Nuclear energy is a major issue in Canada. Not only is it the most practical and viable alternative to fossil fuels, it also employs some of the world's most proficient nuclear scientists and technicians -- the shutdown of the Chalk River reactor in Ontario has created an international medical crisis because it has cut off the production of a significant proportion of the radioactive isotopes that are used in medical diagnoses for cancer.See the full content of this document
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Tradition so Useful in Scandals
EVERY government eventually has a scandal and Canada has had its fair share of them. The most exotic in recent years involved former foreign affairs minister Maxime Bernier, who had ...
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