If the plan is to turn Labrador or some other part of the country into a nuclear dump, the public should know why 

With the stakes as high as they are with nuclear energy, the very least Canadians deserve before the government expands its reliance on nuclear power is a full, free national debate.
The Government of Canada has signalled that nuclear power is part of the plan to get to net zero emissions by 2050. In fact, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan thinks we can’t get there without a nuclear component. But O'Regan also told Enquete: 'Importing nuclear waste from other countries to Labrador—where I grew up—or any other part of Canada has never been on the table, nor is it now. When it comes to nuclear, the health and safety of Canadians and protection of the environment and local communities is our top priority.'

HALIFAX—The world, and Canada with it, is inundated with emergencies. It is hard to know where to point the firehose.

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