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CANADIAN INDUSTRY ONLINE - FEBRUARY / MARCH 2012
with Canada’s long-standing
nuclear non-proliferation poli-
cies and obligations.
Canada currently supplies
about 18 percent of the world’s
uranium,
which
in
turn
generates around 5,000 jobs and
about $500 million in wages and
benef its. In 2010 uranium
exports generated nearly $150
million in taxes and royalty
revenues to the government of
Saskatchewan alone. Uranium
mining is also the leading
employer of Aboriginal people in
Saskatchewan.
This Protocol builds on other
initiatives like those between
Canada and China to use a range
of fuels, like thorium in CANDU
reactors.
“Our membership is supportive
of activities like these that
ensure Canada continues to play
a leading role in the nuclear
industry and the economic
prosperity this can bring. The
Canadian union movement will
continue to see that the people
in the industry work safely and
share in the prosperity”,
concluded Shier.
The Canadian Nuclear Work-
ers’ Council is an organization of
unions that represent workers in
various areas of the Canadian
nuclear industry, including
electric utilities, uranium min-
ing & processing, radioisotope
production and nuclear research.
For further information:
Dave Shier
- 416-725-5776
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