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Keen fired for decisions of Nuclear Safety Commission, not her own, says expert

Grit MP David McGuinty calls it 'a concocted story. The minister got caught, the Prime Minister's Office is involved, it's clear.'

The Conservative government has set a "dangerous precedent" by firing Linda Keen, former head of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, for decisions made a seven-member tribunal, not by Ms. Keen alone, says Bruce Doern, an expert in Canadian science and technology policy and regulatory b...

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