Wall goes to Washington to pitch Saskatchewan as energy source for U.S.
[ http://www.paherald.sk.ca/index.cfm?sid=228207&sc=4 ]
Wed, 2009-03-04 07:04. By: THE CANADIAN PRESS
REGINA - Trade and energy issues will top the agenda when Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall makes a jaunt to Washington this week.
The premier is trying to raise Saskatchewan's profile as an innovative and secure energy source at a time when the U.S. is considering its energy future. Wall says he hopes to build support for carbon capture projects and will tell energy policy-makers about enhanced oil recovery and clean coal.
The province is also considering hiring a lobby group with Democratic contacts to pitch Saskatchewan's case.
Wall's visit comes after U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a new dialogue on climate change following their February meeting.
The focus will be on developing new technologies to stem emissions from the coal and oil industries.
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Mr. Wall goes to Washington
[ http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/s ... ngton.html ]
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 4, 2008 | 6:38 AM CT CBC News
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is headed to Washington, D.C., this week to press the flesh and promote the province's energy and agriculture.
During the March 5-8 visit, he and Energy Minister Bill Boyd will be promoting the province as a secure source of energy, including oil, gas, uranium and, potentially, oilsands, Wall said Monday.
It's especially important to remind Americans about that in light of some of the comments candidates in the U.S. presidential race have made about the North American Free Trade Agreement, Wall said.
Both Democratic candidate challengers, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, have said recently they want to renogotiate terms of the U.S. pact with Canada and Mexico. Republican front-runner John McCain has spoken favourably about NAFTA in recent days, however.
Making his first official trip to Washington since the Saskatchewan Party became government, Wall said he has some speaking engagements scheduled where he'll get to make his pitch in support of North America trade.
"I'm going to be saying that the bike manufacturer that's been here since 1896 in Ohio … the jobs have now been outsourced to China. They haven't been outsourced to Saskatoon," he said. "We have an $8.25 minimum wage here, so the discussion that they're having down there about outsourcing isn't germane to NAFTA."
More:
[ http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/s ... ngton.html ]
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Sask. premier pushes clean-energy in U.S.
[ http://www.vancouversun.com/Business/Sa ... story.html ]
By Sheldon Alberts, Washington Correspondent, Canwest News Service
March 6, 2009 4:01 PM
Premier Brad Wall also discussed Saskatchewan's interest in developing small nuclear reactor technology as a way to replace the burning of natural gas in the production of oilsands oil.
WASHINGTON Whenever he's selling Saskatchewan to an unfamiliar American audience, Premier Brad Wall starts with the most basic geography lesson.
First, location: Saskatchewan is that big "trapezoid" province located just north of Montana, and spilling over a corner of North Dakota.
Then, with a proud "bet you didn't know" tone, Wall explains how Saskatchewan sells more oil each year to the United States than Kuwait, produced 23 per cent of the world's uranium last year, and has one-third of the world's potash reserves.
"I have one of the best jobs on the continent. I get to tell the story that is Saskatchewan, everywhere I go," Wall said Friday, at the end of a two-day visit to the U.S. capital. "I promote my province every chance I get."
Never mind that Wall's host at a Friday luncheon struggled just to pronounce Saskatchewan (emphasizing consonants in all the wrong places), the first-term premier believes his province's profile in Washington is about to grow substantially, as U.S. President Barack Obama begins a concerted push to develop clean-energy sources and technology.
Obama's economic stimulus package sets aside $3.4 billion U.S., specifically for developing "carbon-capture and sequestration" technology. Wall made the rounds on Capitol Hill this week, asking that $100 million U.S. be set aside for a Montana-Saskatchewan project to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from one of the province's coal-fired electrical plants.
Saskatchewan has committed $60 million Cdn to the project, which would be the first large-scale carbon-capture operation in North America. It would take carbon dioxide produced in Saskatchewan and ship it by pipeline to Montana, where it would be stored deep underground.
Saskatchewan has also committed to a $1.4-billion Cdn refit of one of its coal-fired electrical plants to add carbon-capture equipment.
Obama made known his interest in Saskatchewan's carbon-capture technology during his visit last month to Canada, when he and Prime Minister Stephen Harper touted the success of an existing research project in Weyburn, Sask. That facility stores greenhouse gas produced from a North Dakota gasification plant.
Obama and Harper said carbon-sequestration technology holds "enormous potential" for reducing the carbon imprint of coal.
"Part of the reason we are here is to get the message out that sustainable energy development is as much of a priority in Saskatchewan and Canada as it is in the United States. Witness the investment we're prepared to put into it," Wall said in an interview with Canwest News Service.
"With respect to clean-coal or carbon-capture technology . . . I don't think you'll find another jurisdiction that's prepared to make the investment that we have signalled we are going to make."
To help draw attention to Saskatchewan's efforts on clean-energy technology, Wall is drawing inspiration from Alberta which, in 2005, set up its own political and trade office in Washington to cultivate ties with U.S. lawmakers.
Wall spent part of his trip to Washington scouting D.C. lobby firms, with the intention of hiring one to protect the province's interests on Capitol Hill.
"We hope to get a firm that's not just got some ability to open some political doors. We need to continue to open financial doors and attract capital to the province," he said.
"They would be boots on the ground in the Capitol."
During meetings with several prominent U.S. lawmakers including senators Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham. Wall also discussed Saskatchewan's interest in developing small nuclear reactor technology as a way to replace the burning of natural gas in the production of oilsands oil.
More:
[ http://www.vancouversun.com/Business/Sa ... story.html ]
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PREMIER JOINS SASKATCHEWAN DELEGATION TO PROMOTE OPPORTUNITIES
[ http://www.gov.sk.ca/news?newsId=4ff490 ... 3e73f7e2d1 ]
News Release - March 24, 2009
Premier Brad Wall will join Saskatoon Mayor Donald Atchison, Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco and 25 employers and industry associations in Toronto to spread the word about business and career opportunities in Saskatchewan.
"We are pleased to join our partners to promote the opportunities Saskatchewan has to offer," Wall said. "This mission is a great chance to help ensure Saskatchewan has the people and investment we need to remain strong and steady for years to come."
The centrepiece of the mission will once again be the National Job Fair and the estimated 10,000 job seekers expected to attend. In addition, the Province will have a presence at the Grab-a-Grad Job Fair at Toronto's Ryerson University on April 1. Provincial officials will also join Mayors Atchison and Fiacco at a luncheon with key Toronto business leaders, designed to attract additional investment. The Province's total investment for the mission is less than $100,000.
The mission, which takes place from March 31 to April 1, will also serve as an opportunity to promote Saskatchewan's recently-expanded Graduate Retention Program, which provides qualified post-secondary graduates who choose Saskatchewan with up to $20,000 in refundable tax credits. Information is also available at the program website at http://www.aeel.gov.sk.ca/grp.
"Today, there are more than 6,200 job openings posted on http://www.saskjobs.ca, Wall said. "We will be talking to Ontario students and job-seekers about the tremendous opportunities and quality of life available in our great province."
While in Toronto, Premier Wall will also co-chair and address the Public Policy Forum's Annual Testimonial Dinner and Awards. -30-
For more information, contact:
Christopher Jones-Bonk
Advanced Education, Employment and Labour
Regina
Phone: 306-798-3106
Email: chris.jones-bonk@gov.sk.ca
Cell: 306-531-4904
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PREMIER TO ATTEND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION SPRING POLICY CONFERENCE
[ http://www.gov.sk.ca/news?newsId=b6abfe ... b0fe12b5b9 ]
News Release - March 25, 2009
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall will be attending the Chairman's Retreat and Spring Policy Conference of the Democratic Governors Association this weekend.
Premier Wall received an invitation from Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, who is also chairing the conference. It runs from March 27 to 29 in Big Sky, Montana. Premier Wall will be attending the Association's policy conference on Saturday morning. That portion of the meeting is also expected to attract about a dozen top energy executives from across the United States.
"The topic of the morning session will be energy and the environment," Wall said. "This will be yet another excellent opportunity to advance Saskatchewan's interests as an international leader in carbon capture and storage technology. We've been working with the United States on the capture and storage of carbon for almost a decade, and this work received renewed attention when it was mentioned in the final communiqué following the recent meeting between the Prime Minister and President Obama in Ottawa.
"It will also give me a chance to highlight our proposal for yet another carbon capture project - this time in partnership with Governor Schweitzer and the State of Montana," Wall said.
Wall said he will also be discussing SaskPower's clean coal project at Boundary Dam and Saskatchewan's future plans for uranium value-added production and nuclear research at the Governor's meeting.
"During his recent confirmation hearings, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu clearly indicated that nuclear and coal will continue to be part of the American energy mix," Wall said. "Saskatchewan is well-positioned to be a major player in research into the continued safe and environmentally sustainable use of these energy sources." -30-
For more information, contact:
Kathy Young
Executive Council
Regina
Phone: 306-787-0425
Email: kathy.young@gov.sk.ca
Cell: 306-526-8927
Wall - The Travelling Nuke Salesman!
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Wall - The Travelling Nuke Salesman!
by Oscar » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:18 pm
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Memo to travelling premier: there's work to do here
by Oscar » Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:40 am
Memo to travelling premier: there's work to do here
Published in the Regina Leader Post on April 1, 2009
[ http://www.leaderpost.com/opinion/lette ... story.html ]
To the Editor
Noting Brad Wall’s frenzied dashing about of late - Vancouver to Washington to Toronto - selling Saskatchewan’s status as the ‘Saudi Arabia of uranium’ to anyone who’ll listen, the image of a whirling dervish comes to mind.
Why does a dervish whirl?
Seems this mystical dancer, who imagines himself to stand somewhere between the material and cosmic worlds, strives to enter into a trance so that, being released from his body, he thus conquers his self-induced dizziness.
When (or if) Mr. Wall’s head clears from his nuclear lobbying meetings, he might like to attend to his real job, right here at home, which includes ensuring that the people in his jurisdiction have access to clean, affordable drinking water – a human right; the last time I checked, we are not a Third World country.
Or, are we?
Just ask the folks at Duck Lake!
Elaine Hughes
Archerwill, SK
Published in the Regina Leader Post on April 1, 2009
[ http://www.leaderpost.com/opinion/lette ... story.html ]
To the Editor
Noting Brad Wall’s frenzied dashing about of late - Vancouver to Washington to Toronto - selling Saskatchewan’s status as the ‘Saudi Arabia of uranium’ to anyone who’ll listen, the image of a whirling dervish comes to mind.
Why does a dervish whirl?
Seems this mystical dancer, who imagines himself to stand somewhere between the material and cosmic worlds, strives to enter into a trance so that, being released from his body, he thus conquers his self-induced dizziness.
When (or if) Mr. Wall’s head clears from his nuclear lobbying meetings, he might like to attend to his real job, right here at home, which includes ensuring that the people in his jurisdiction have access to clean, affordable drinking water – a human right; the last time I checked, we are not a Third World country.
Or, are we?
Just ask the folks at Duck Lake!
Elaine Hughes
Archerwill, SK
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Who Invited Mr. Wall to Join the Bilderbergers?
by Oscar » Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:35 am
Who Invited Mr. Wall to Join the Bilderbergers?
----- Original Message -----
From: Elaine Hughes
To: SK Premier Wall ; Council of Canadians
Cc: Coalition for a Clean Green SK ; Committee for Future Generations ; SK Green Leader - Lau, Victor ; SK NDP Caucus ; SK Party Caucus
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 7:52 AM
Subject: Who will be Attending the Bilderberg Meeting? What Will be Discussed Behind Closed Doors?
Note the "Special Mention" given to Saskatchewan's Premier Wall . . . great legacy, eh?!
Elaine Hughes
Archerwill, SK
Saskatchewan - the 'Saudi Arabia' of Uranium! – Premier Wall - Speech in Calgary on January 21, 2008 – Page 7
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Subject: Chossudovsky: Who will be Attending the Bilderberg Meeting? What Will be Discussed Behind Closed Doors?
New World Order Secrecy: Who will be Attending the Bilderberg Meeting? What Will be Discussed Behind Closed Doors?
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By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research, June 05, 2013
Each year, the Bilderberg venue brings together leading members of the financial and corporate elite, politicians, handpicked scholars, journalists and scientists.
It is An Anglo-Western European-North American Venue with participants from 21 Western countries (i.e Western Europe, US and Canada). With the exception of British born Polish Minister of Finance, Jacek Rostowski, there are no participants from Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East (with the exception of Turkey). There are 14 women out of 140 participants.
The official website of the Bilderberg describes the venue as “a forum for informal, off-the-record discussions about megatrends and the major issues facing the world.”
Semi-secrecy prevails: While crucial negotiations are undertaken leading to far-reaching decisions, Prime Ministers and Finance Ministers in attendance are participating in their personal capacity; they are required not to report to Cabinet or to the Legislature.
This year’s 61st meeting is scheduled to be held at the Grove Hotel near Watford, Hertfordshire, U.K., June 6-9, 2013.
Various dimensions of the New World Order including the global economic crisis, the wars in the Middle East, biotechnology, cyber-warfare and Homeland security will be discussed behind closed doors.
“Thanks to the private nature of the conference, the participants are not bound by the conventions of office or by pre-agreed positions. As such, they can take time to listen, reflect and gather insights.
There is no detailed agenda, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken, and no policy statements are issued.”
< http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org >
The Venue will regroup some 140 participants including George Osborne, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Henry Kissinger, Timothy Geithner, former Secretary of the Treasury, Gen. David Petraeous, former head of the CIA, Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF, Richard N. Perle, prominent adviser to the Bush Junior administration, Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com, Eric Schmidt of Google, two former presidents of the World Bank, James D. Wolfensohn and Robert B. Zoellick, among others.
Prominent members of the Anglo-American financial establishment include David Wright, Vice Chairman of Barclays, J. Michael Evans, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, Douglas J. Flint, Group Chairman of HSBC, Kenneth M. Jacobs, Chairman and CEO of Lazard, Peter D. Sutherland, chairman of Goldman Sachs International, Edmund Clark, President and CEO of Canada’s TD Bank Group. The Swiss banking establishment which overseas billions of dollars in undeclared “numbered bank accounts” is represented by Dr. Thomas Jakob Ulrich Jordan, the recently appointed Chairman of the Governing Board of the Schweizerischen Nationalbank (Swiss National Bank).
A handful of establishment journalists (Washington Post, Financial Times, Economist), economics professors, representatives from corporate thinks tanks including the American Enterprise Institute, Carnegie and the Council on Foreign Relations will also be in attendance.
From the oil industry Simon Henry, CFO of Royal Dutch Shell and Robert Dudley, BP Group Chief Executive are on the list of participants.
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall will also be attending. Canada is the World’s second largest producer of uranium with most of the mining in Saskatchewan. Uranium is an important input into the production of nuclear warheads.
Major trends in medical research are also on the agenda. Prominent leaders of the pharmaceutical industry include Mark C. Fishman (right), President of Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, together with Dr. John Bell (left), Professor of Medicine at Oxford, who is a leading authority in biotechnology, working closely with Big Pharma.
Bilderberg has confirmed that global data banks pertaining to Homeland Security will be discussed under the heading of “big data” and that Eric Schmidt of Google will be addressing the topic.
The official list is not complete. In all likelihood, the names of several prominent delegates are not made public.
An earlier report by Infowars.com quoting “inside sources” stated that the Middle East war discussions would focus on “prolonging war on Syria by arming anti-Assad elements” as well as destroying Iran’s nuclear facilities within a three year period.
According to the Bilderberg website, the following vaguely defined topics will be discussed:
• Can the US and Europe grow faster and create jobs?
• Jobs, entitlement and debt
• How big data is changing almost everything
• Nationalism and populism
• US foreign policy
• Africa’s challenges
• Cyber warfare and the proliferation of asymmetric threats
• Major trends in medical research
• Online education: promise and impacts
• Politics of the European Union
• Developments in the Middle East
• Current affairs
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Bilderberg Group meeting, June 6-9, 2013 – Full List of Participants
< http://www.globalresearch.ca/who-will-b ... rs/5337453 >
The Bilderberg Chairman is Henri de Castries, Chairman and CEO, AXA Group
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The Members of the Bilderberg Steering committee are:
< http://www.globalresearch.ca/who-will-b ... rs/5337453 >
David Rockefeller is a member of the Advisory Group
< http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/governance.html >
Copyright © 2013 Global Research
----- Original Message -----
From: Elaine Hughes
To: SK Premier Wall ; Council of Canadians
Cc: Coalition for a Clean Green SK ; Committee for Future Generations ; SK Green Leader - Lau, Victor ; SK NDP Caucus ; SK Party Caucus
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 7:52 AM
Subject: Who will be Attending the Bilderberg Meeting? What Will be Discussed Behind Closed Doors?
Note the "Special Mention" given to Saskatchewan's Premier Wall . . . great legacy, eh?!
Elaine Hughes
Archerwill, SK
Saskatchewan - the 'Saudi Arabia' of Uranium! – Premier Wall - Speech in Calgary on January 21, 2008 – Page 7
< http://www.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMed ... &PN=Shared >
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----- Original Message -----
From: Global Research E-Newsletter
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 5:00 AM
Subject: Chossudovsky: Who will be Attending the Bilderberg Meeting? What Will be Discussed Behind Closed Doors?
New World Order Secrecy: Who will be Attending the Bilderberg Meeting? What Will be Discussed Behind Closed Doors?
< http://www.globalresearch.ca/who-will-b ... rs/5337453 >
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research, June 05, 2013
Each year, the Bilderberg venue brings together leading members of the financial and corporate elite, politicians, handpicked scholars, journalists and scientists.
It is An Anglo-Western European-North American Venue with participants from 21 Western countries (i.e Western Europe, US and Canada). With the exception of British born Polish Minister of Finance, Jacek Rostowski, there are no participants from Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East (with the exception of Turkey). There are 14 women out of 140 participants.
The official website of the Bilderberg describes the venue as “a forum for informal, off-the-record discussions about megatrends and the major issues facing the world.”
Semi-secrecy prevails: While crucial negotiations are undertaken leading to far-reaching decisions, Prime Ministers and Finance Ministers in attendance are participating in their personal capacity; they are required not to report to Cabinet or to the Legislature.
This year’s 61st meeting is scheduled to be held at the Grove Hotel near Watford, Hertfordshire, U.K., June 6-9, 2013.
Various dimensions of the New World Order including the global economic crisis, the wars in the Middle East, biotechnology, cyber-warfare and Homeland security will be discussed behind closed doors.
“Thanks to the private nature of the conference, the participants are not bound by the conventions of office or by pre-agreed positions. As such, they can take time to listen, reflect and gather insights.
There is no detailed agenda, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken, and no policy statements are issued.”
< http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org >
The Venue will regroup some 140 participants including George Osborne, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Henry Kissinger, Timothy Geithner, former Secretary of the Treasury, Gen. David Petraeous, former head of the CIA, Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF, Richard N. Perle, prominent adviser to the Bush Junior administration, Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com, Eric Schmidt of Google, two former presidents of the World Bank, James D. Wolfensohn and Robert B. Zoellick, among others.
Prominent members of the Anglo-American financial establishment include David Wright, Vice Chairman of Barclays, J. Michael Evans, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, Douglas J. Flint, Group Chairman of HSBC, Kenneth M. Jacobs, Chairman and CEO of Lazard, Peter D. Sutherland, chairman of Goldman Sachs International, Edmund Clark, President and CEO of Canada’s TD Bank Group. The Swiss banking establishment which overseas billions of dollars in undeclared “numbered bank accounts” is represented by Dr. Thomas Jakob Ulrich Jordan, the recently appointed Chairman of the Governing Board of the Schweizerischen Nationalbank (Swiss National Bank).
A handful of establishment journalists (Washington Post, Financial Times, Economist), economics professors, representatives from corporate thinks tanks including the American Enterprise Institute, Carnegie and the Council on Foreign Relations will also be in attendance.
From the oil industry Simon Henry, CFO of Royal Dutch Shell and Robert Dudley, BP Group Chief Executive are on the list of participants.
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall will also be attending. Canada is the World’s second largest producer of uranium with most of the mining in Saskatchewan. Uranium is an important input into the production of nuclear warheads.
Major trends in medical research are also on the agenda. Prominent leaders of the pharmaceutical industry include Mark C. Fishman (right), President of Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, together with Dr. John Bell (left), Professor of Medicine at Oxford, who is a leading authority in biotechnology, working closely with Big Pharma.
Bilderberg has confirmed that global data banks pertaining to Homeland Security will be discussed under the heading of “big data” and that Eric Schmidt of Google will be addressing the topic.
The official list is not complete. In all likelihood, the names of several prominent delegates are not made public.
An earlier report by Infowars.com quoting “inside sources” stated that the Middle East war discussions would focus on “prolonging war on Syria by arming anti-Assad elements” as well as destroying Iran’s nuclear facilities within a three year period.
According to the Bilderberg website, the following vaguely defined topics will be discussed:
• Can the US and Europe grow faster and create jobs?
• Jobs, entitlement and debt
• How big data is changing almost everything
• Nationalism and populism
• US foreign policy
• Africa’s challenges
• Cyber warfare and the proliferation of asymmetric threats
• Major trends in medical research
• Online education: promise and impacts
• Politics of the European Union
• Developments in the Middle East
• Current affairs
–
Bilderberg Group meeting, June 6-9, 2013 – Full List of Participants
< http://www.globalresearch.ca/who-will-b ... rs/5337453 >
The Bilderberg Chairman is Henri de Castries, Chairman and CEO, AXA Group
–
The Members of the Bilderberg Steering committee are:
< http://www.globalresearch.ca/who-will-b ... rs/5337453 >
David Rockefeller is a member of the Advisory Group
< http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/governance.html >
Copyright © 2013 Global Research
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Re: Wall - The Travelling Nuke Salesman!
by Oscar » Tue Apr 28, 2015 9:44 am
CANADA, INDIA & Saskatchewan uranium
Saskatchewan - the 'Saudi of Arabia' of Uranium! – Premier Wall Speech in Calgary on January 21, 2008 – Page 7
[ http://www.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMed ... &PN=Shared ]
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LISTEN: WALL: 'Time to revisit' nuclear power
[ http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thehouse/balanc ... -1.3037379 ]
After signing a major deal to sell uranium to India, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall argues that nuclear energy could help Canada reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
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PREMIER PART OF HISTORIC URANIUM ENERGY DEAL SIGNING WITH INDIA
[ [ http://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/n ... with-india ]
Released on April 15, 2015
Saskatchewan’s uranium mining industry is today celebrating a milestone achievement, as a historic new agreement with India sets the stage for shipments of Canadian uranium to that country for electricity generation.
Premier Brad Wall was in Ottawa this morning for the signing of a supply contract between Cameco Inc., a subsidiary of Saskatoon-based Cameco Corporation, and the Department of Atomic Energy of India. The premier witnessed the signing along with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Canada on a state visit.
“I would like to thank the federal government and Prime Minister Harper and the Government of India and Prime Minister Modi for reaching the agreement and business framework that made the Cameco contract possible,” Wall said.
“India has a dynamic and growing nuclear energy program, and the opportunity to supply this major customer is a huge deal for our industry, the workers it employs and the Saskatchewan communities it supports.”
The Canada-India Nuclear Co-operation Agreement came into force in September 2013, thus allowing Canadian companies to export nuclear products for peaceful uses to India.
The premier promoted Saskatchewan’s uranium resources during his two trade missions to India in March 2011 and November of last year. During the first mission, he met with Modi, then the chief minister of the Indian state of Gujarat.
“Premier Wall and the Government of Saskatchewan have always championed our industry, both domestically and internationally,” Cameco President and CEO Tim Gitzel said. “That support played a big part in helping open the doors for our business to one of the world’s most promising uranium markets.”
India’s nuclear energy program is second only to China’s in its scale. The country has 21 reactors currently in operation, with another six under construction and scheduled to come online in 2017. India expects to supply 25 per cent of its electricity from nuclear power by 2050.
“Saskatchewan is already our nation’s top exporter to India, and we’re delighted to be part of its future energy mix,” Wall said. “We have the resources that India and other rapidly-developing countries in Asia need.
Those countries are increasingly seeing our province as a major contributor to global energy and food security, and we are poised to dramatically increase our exports to these markets as a result.”
Saskatchewan is home to 100 per cent of Canada’s uranium mining industry.
Our province is the world’s second-leading producer of uranium and the Athabasca Basin contains the world’s largest high-grade uranium deposits. -30-
For more information, contact:
Kathy Young, Executive Council
Regina
Phone: 306-787-0425
Email: kathy.young@gov.sk.ca
Cell: 306-526-8927
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Will Modi's visit to Canada include the signing of a Canada-India FIPA?
[ http://canadians.org/blog/will-modis-vi ... india-fipa ]
April 13, 2015 - 10:29 am
When Narendra Modi was elected the prime minister of India in May 2014, Stephen Harper stated, "I look forward to working with Prime Minister-elect Modi and the new government of India to further strengthen our social and economic partnership to the benefit of our citizens."
That "economic partnership" could include Canada-India 'free trade' and 'investment protection' agreements.
Harper has long wanted a 'free trade' agreement with India. In November 2009, his government indicated it intended to conclude a Canada-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) within four years. He promised such an agreement to voters during the 2011 election in Canada and in a January 2012 speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos he again stated, "We will work to complete negotiations on a free-trade agreement with India in 2013."
That hasn't happened yet, but undoubtedly Harper hopes that the Modi government will ratify the the Canada-India Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (a FIPA signed in June 2007, but never ratified), while the Canada-India Business Council sees a CEPA being signed soon.
Reuters now reports, "Indian and Canadian negotiators are rushing to iron out differences in a long-stalled foreign investment protection pact in time for Modi's visit to the North American nation, an unnamed Indian government source... Concerns in New Delhi over certain provisions of the negotiated pact, which allow a foreign investor to sue the host country at an
international dispute settlement agency, are believed to be the reason behind the deadlock."
The Toronto Star has also reported, "A free-trade pact with India would increase sales of a Canadian exports sectors such as forest products, minerals, manufactured goods, agricultural products, fish and seafood products, machinery, construction materials, aerospace and environmental technologies, the federal government said." In 2012, Reuters reported,
"[Then energy minister Joe] Oliver said he would try to boost Canadian energy exports to India. Canada exported $1.4 billion worth of natural resources to India last year — including only $4.1 million in energy products — and Oliver said he sees great potential for more trade."
That "potential" could also reportedly include greater Indian investment in the tar sands, uranium exports to India, and the export to India of Canadian expertise in the infrastructure for hydroelectric transmission (related to dam construction).
Modi will be visiting Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver between April 14 and 16.
The Council of Canadians opposes investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions in 'free trade' and 'investor protection' agreements, such as the proposed Canada-India CEPA and FIPA. We call for transparent and democratic negotiations for fair trade agreements that benefit people, respect human rights and protect the environment. We reject 'free trade' agreements that
constrain governments from acting in the public interest and that entrench corporate rights.
Further reading
Third round of Canada-India free trade talks start (December 2011 blog)
[ http://canadians.org/node/8103 ]
India's tax on corporate mergers could derail Canada-India free trade talks (March 2012 blog)
[ http://canadians.org/node/8362 ]
Harper in India to seek a free trade deal (November 2012)
[ http://canadians.org/node/8904 ]
Canada-India FIPA talks appear stalled (November 2012)
[ http://canadians.org/node/8920 ]
Brent Patterson's blog
Political Director of the Council of Canadians
[ http://canadians.org/blogs/brent-patterson ]
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Likelihood of Canada-India FIPA & CEPA said to be slim
[ http://canadians.org/blog/likelihood-ca ... id-be-slim ]
April 14, 2015 - 8:29 am
The Council of Canadians is warning against Stephen Harper's agenda of 'investor protection' and 'free trade' agreements with India.
While the Harper government wants the already-negotiated Canada-India Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) ratified and to restart the stalled Canada-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) talks, Globe and Mail columnist Barrie McKenna points to the obstacles on both these fronts.
McKenna writes, "[CEPA] remains mostly an aspirational goal" because of "India’s highly protected market and the entrenched positions of both sides on key sensitive issues." He specifies, "A key stumbling block to full free trade is that Canada wants a lot in terms of access for its goods in a highly protected market, but has relatively little to offer in return because tariffs are already relatively low here. And Ottawa is reluctant to give the one thing India really wants – freer mobility of visitors and temporary service workers here, [according to Stewart Beck, chief executive of the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada]."
With respect to the FIPA, McKenna explains, "The deal sets ground rules for investors, allowing them to seek compensation for unfair treatment. But India suspended all such deals, including the one with Canada, over concerns that it could face a flood of investor challenges. Instead, India is now drafting its own investment rules, hoping foreign countries such as Canada
will agree to them."
The context for this is the Indian government's attempt to recover as much as $2.4 billion in taxes from Vodafone India Services Pvt. Ltd., an Indian subsidiary of UK-based transnational Vodafone Group Plc. In 2012, Vodafone responded by threatening an investor-state challenge through a bilateral investment treaty. In the end, the case was heard by the Bombay High Court.
In October 2014, the court ruled in favour of Vodafone. But the initial threat of an investor-state challenge by the company prompted a review by the Indian Parliament of investment protection agreements.
Given the obstacles in moving forward on a FIPA and CEPA, McKenna adds, "Ottawa is seeking improved market access on a product-by-product basis. As evidence of progress, Canadian officials point to India’s decision this year to accept imports of Canadian ash lumber products, and eastern spruce in 2013. There is also talk of a deal that would see Saskatchewan-based Cameco Corp.. resume Canadian exports of uranium to feed India’s nuclear reactors."
The Council of Canadians opposes investor-state dispute settlement provisions in 'free trade' and 'investor protection' agreements, such as the proposed Canada-India CEPA and FIPA. We call for transparent and democratic negotiations for fair trade agreements that benefit people, respect human rights and protect the environment. We reject 'free trade' agreements that
constrain governments from acting in the public interest and that entrench corporate rights. We have also called for a ban on uranium mining which creates toxic tailings and poses water contamination and other environmental risks and health hazards.
Further reading
Will Modi's visit to Canada include the signing of a Canada-India FIPA? (April 2015 blog)
[ http://canadians.org/blog/will-modis-vi ... india-fipa ]
Brent Patterson's blog
Political Director of the Council of Canadians
[ http://canadians.org/blogs/brent-patterson ]
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Narendra Modi visit: Why India matters to Canada
[ http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/narendra-m ... -1.3033018 ]
Harper chases free-trade agreement as India courts Canada for uranium deal
By Matt Kwong, CBC News Posted: Apr 15, 2015 5:00 AM ET| Last Updated: Apr 15, 2015 11:16 AM ET
Canada welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a three-day visit.
CBCNews.ca will have live coverage throughout the day, including events in Ottawa and a major Modi speech before a large crowd in Toronto at 7:30 p.m. For two countries that Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls "natural partners" in a new global economy, Canada and India might appear to share a rather meek business relationship. Not even one per cent of Canadian
exports currently ship to India, with goods exports around $3.1 billion in 2014 — less than one-sixth what Canada exports to China. Promising to open India to global commerce, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's historic three-day Canadian tour this week seeks to change that. [ . . . . ]
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India, Canada likely to sign commercial nuclear pact during PM Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Ottawa
[ http://articles.economictimes.indiatime ... clear-test ]
Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, ET Bureau Apr 1, 2015, 01.56AM IST
NEW DELHI: India and Canada are likely to sign a commercial pact for supply of Canadian fuel to India's existing nuclear power plants during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to Ottawa next month. The two nations had signed the civil nuclear cooperation agreement in 2010 followed by the administrative arrangement in 2012. Ever since Canada's principal
uranium producer Cameco has been holding commercial negotiations with Indian entities for supplying uranium to fuel nuclear power plants that has faced uranium shortage. [ . . . ]
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Canada-India uranium supply deal likely
[ http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/can ... 77038.html ]
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ENTERPRISE SASKATCHEWAN SIGNS MOU WITH GUJARAT, INDIA COUNTERPART
[ http://publications.gov.sk.ca/details.cfm?p=61286
News Release - September 9, 2010
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Uranium deal with India signals new era, Modi tells Harper
[ http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015 ... ronto.html ]
Trade, energy, the environment, security, and culture are expected to be among the issues Harper and Modi will discuss during the visit.
By: Les Whittington Ottawa Bureau reporter, Published on Wed Apr 15 2015
At a joint press conference on Parliament Hill with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right,, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the nuclear deal “is a mark (of Canada’s) trust and confidence” in his country.
OTTAWA—Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off his visit to Canada by signing a uranium supply deal with Ottawa he says signals a new era in cooperation between the two nations.
At a joint press conference on Parliament Hill with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Modi said the agreement that will see hundreds of millions of dollars worth of uranium exported to India from Saskatchewan annually “is a mark (of Canada’s) trust and confidence” in his country.
“And this is going to take forward our relations,” Modi told the media, adding that uranium for India’s civilian nuclear program will help his country address global warming through “clean energy” and thus allows India “to give something to the world.”
Harper, who will accompany Modi to Toronto and Vancouver during the Indian leader’s three-day visit, agreed the uranium sales deal will end the lingering tension arising from India’s use of Canadian equipment to develop a nuclear bomb in the 1970s — which Harper said created “an unnecessarily frosty relationship for far too long.”
In an unexpected comment, Harper also said the two leaders agreed to push hard for a quick resolution of Canada-India free-trade talks, which have been bogged down since 2010. Harper, whose efforts to land free-trade deals with Canada’s important trading partners will be a key plank in his campaign leading up to the October election, said the deal with India would be
completed by September.
Harper acknowledged that trade between Canada and India remains modest but is on the increase.
MORE:
[ http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015 ... ronto.html ]
Saskatchewan - the 'Saudi of Arabia' of Uranium! – Premier Wall Speech in Calgary on January 21, 2008 – Page 7
[ http://www.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMed ... &PN=Shared ]
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LISTEN: WALL: 'Time to revisit' nuclear power
[ http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thehouse/balanc ... -1.3037379 ]
After signing a major deal to sell uranium to India, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall argues that nuclear energy could help Canada reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
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PREMIER PART OF HISTORIC URANIUM ENERGY DEAL SIGNING WITH INDIA
[ [ http://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/n ... with-india ]
Released on April 15, 2015
Saskatchewan’s uranium mining industry is today celebrating a milestone achievement, as a historic new agreement with India sets the stage for shipments of Canadian uranium to that country for electricity generation.
Premier Brad Wall was in Ottawa this morning for the signing of a supply contract between Cameco Inc., a subsidiary of Saskatoon-based Cameco Corporation, and the Department of Atomic Energy of India. The premier witnessed the signing along with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Canada on a state visit.
“I would like to thank the federal government and Prime Minister Harper and the Government of India and Prime Minister Modi for reaching the agreement and business framework that made the Cameco contract possible,” Wall said.
“India has a dynamic and growing nuclear energy program, and the opportunity to supply this major customer is a huge deal for our industry, the workers it employs and the Saskatchewan communities it supports.”
The Canada-India Nuclear Co-operation Agreement came into force in September 2013, thus allowing Canadian companies to export nuclear products for peaceful uses to India.
The premier promoted Saskatchewan’s uranium resources during his two trade missions to India in March 2011 and November of last year. During the first mission, he met with Modi, then the chief minister of the Indian state of Gujarat.
“Premier Wall and the Government of Saskatchewan have always championed our industry, both domestically and internationally,” Cameco President and CEO Tim Gitzel said. “That support played a big part in helping open the doors for our business to one of the world’s most promising uranium markets.”
India’s nuclear energy program is second only to China’s in its scale. The country has 21 reactors currently in operation, with another six under construction and scheduled to come online in 2017. India expects to supply 25 per cent of its electricity from nuclear power by 2050.
“Saskatchewan is already our nation’s top exporter to India, and we’re delighted to be part of its future energy mix,” Wall said. “We have the resources that India and other rapidly-developing countries in Asia need.
Those countries are increasingly seeing our province as a major contributor to global energy and food security, and we are poised to dramatically increase our exports to these markets as a result.”
Saskatchewan is home to 100 per cent of Canada’s uranium mining industry.
Our province is the world’s second-leading producer of uranium and the Athabasca Basin contains the world’s largest high-grade uranium deposits. -30-
For more information, contact:
Kathy Young, Executive Council
Regina
Phone: 306-787-0425
Email: kathy.young@gov.sk.ca
Cell: 306-526-8927
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Will Modi's visit to Canada include the signing of a Canada-India FIPA?
[ http://canadians.org/blog/will-modis-vi ... india-fipa ]
April 13, 2015 - 10:29 am
When Narendra Modi was elected the prime minister of India in May 2014, Stephen Harper stated, "I look forward to working with Prime Minister-elect Modi and the new government of India to further strengthen our social and economic partnership to the benefit of our citizens."
That "economic partnership" could include Canada-India 'free trade' and 'investment protection' agreements.
Harper has long wanted a 'free trade' agreement with India. In November 2009, his government indicated it intended to conclude a Canada-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) within four years. He promised such an agreement to voters during the 2011 election in Canada and in a January 2012 speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos he again stated, "We will work to complete negotiations on a free-trade agreement with India in 2013."
That hasn't happened yet, but undoubtedly Harper hopes that the Modi government will ratify the the Canada-India Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (a FIPA signed in June 2007, but never ratified), while the Canada-India Business Council sees a CEPA being signed soon.
Reuters now reports, "Indian and Canadian negotiators are rushing to iron out differences in a long-stalled foreign investment protection pact in time for Modi's visit to the North American nation, an unnamed Indian government source... Concerns in New Delhi over certain provisions of the negotiated pact, which allow a foreign investor to sue the host country at an
international dispute settlement agency, are believed to be the reason behind the deadlock."
The Toronto Star has also reported, "A free-trade pact with India would increase sales of a Canadian exports sectors such as forest products, minerals, manufactured goods, agricultural products, fish and seafood products, machinery, construction materials, aerospace and environmental technologies, the federal government said." In 2012, Reuters reported,
"[Then energy minister Joe] Oliver said he would try to boost Canadian energy exports to India. Canada exported $1.4 billion worth of natural resources to India last year — including only $4.1 million in energy products — and Oliver said he sees great potential for more trade."
That "potential" could also reportedly include greater Indian investment in the tar sands, uranium exports to India, and the export to India of Canadian expertise in the infrastructure for hydroelectric transmission (related to dam construction).
Modi will be visiting Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver between April 14 and 16.
The Council of Canadians opposes investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions in 'free trade' and 'investor protection' agreements, such as the proposed Canada-India CEPA and FIPA. We call for transparent and democratic negotiations for fair trade agreements that benefit people, respect human rights and protect the environment. We reject 'free trade' agreements that
constrain governments from acting in the public interest and that entrench corporate rights.
Further reading
Third round of Canada-India free trade talks start (December 2011 blog)
[ http://canadians.org/node/8103 ]
India's tax on corporate mergers could derail Canada-India free trade talks (March 2012 blog)
[ http://canadians.org/node/8362 ]
Harper in India to seek a free trade deal (November 2012)
[ http://canadians.org/node/8904 ]
Canada-India FIPA talks appear stalled (November 2012)
[ http://canadians.org/node/8920 ]
Brent Patterson's blog
Political Director of the Council of Canadians
[ http://canadians.org/blogs/brent-patterson ]
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Likelihood of Canada-India FIPA & CEPA said to be slim
[ http://canadians.org/blog/likelihood-ca ... id-be-slim ]
April 14, 2015 - 8:29 am
The Council of Canadians is warning against Stephen Harper's agenda of 'investor protection' and 'free trade' agreements with India.
While the Harper government wants the already-negotiated Canada-India Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) ratified and to restart the stalled Canada-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) talks, Globe and Mail columnist Barrie McKenna points to the obstacles on both these fronts.
McKenna writes, "[CEPA] remains mostly an aspirational goal" because of "India’s highly protected market and the entrenched positions of both sides on key sensitive issues." He specifies, "A key stumbling block to full free trade is that Canada wants a lot in terms of access for its goods in a highly protected market, but has relatively little to offer in return because tariffs are already relatively low here. And Ottawa is reluctant to give the one thing India really wants – freer mobility of visitors and temporary service workers here, [according to Stewart Beck, chief executive of the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada]."
With respect to the FIPA, McKenna explains, "The deal sets ground rules for investors, allowing them to seek compensation for unfair treatment. But India suspended all such deals, including the one with Canada, over concerns that it could face a flood of investor challenges. Instead, India is now drafting its own investment rules, hoping foreign countries such as Canada
will agree to them."
The context for this is the Indian government's attempt to recover as much as $2.4 billion in taxes from Vodafone India Services Pvt. Ltd., an Indian subsidiary of UK-based transnational Vodafone Group Plc. In 2012, Vodafone responded by threatening an investor-state challenge through a bilateral investment treaty. In the end, the case was heard by the Bombay High Court.
In October 2014, the court ruled in favour of Vodafone. But the initial threat of an investor-state challenge by the company prompted a review by the Indian Parliament of investment protection agreements.
Given the obstacles in moving forward on a FIPA and CEPA, McKenna adds, "Ottawa is seeking improved market access on a product-by-product basis. As evidence of progress, Canadian officials point to India’s decision this year to accept imports of Canadian ash lumber products, and eastern spruce in 2013. There is also talk of a deal that would see Saskatchewan-based Cameco Corp.. resume Canadian exports of uranium to feed India’s nuclear reactors."
The Council of Canadians opposes investor-state dispute settlement provisions in 'free trade' and 'investor protection' agreements, such as the proposed Canada-India CEPA and FIPA. We call for transparent and democratic negotiations for fair trade agreements that benefit people, respect human rights and protect the environment. We reject 'free trade' agreements that
constrain governments from acting in the public interest and that entrench corporate rights. We have also called for a ban on uranium mining which creates toxic tailings and poses water contamination and other environmental risks and health hazards.
Further reading
Will Modi's visit to Canada include the signing of a Canada-India FIPA? (April 2015 blog)
[ http://canadians.org/blog/will-modis-vi ... india-fipa ]
Brent Patterson's blog
Political Director of the Council of Canadians
[ http://canadians.org/blogs/brent-patterson ]
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Narendra Modi visit: Why India matters to Canada
[ http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/narendra-m ... -1.3033018 ]
Harper chases free-trade agreement as India courts Canada for uranium deal
By Matt Kwong, CBC News Posted: Apr 15, 2015 5:00 AM ET| Last Updated: Apr 15, 2015 11:16 AM ET
Canada welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a three-day visit.
CBCNews.ca will have live coverage throughout the day, including events in Ottawa and a major Modi speech before a large crowd in Toronto at 7:30 p.m. For two countries that Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls "natural partners" in a new global economy, Canada and India might appear to share a rather meek business relationship. Not even one per cent of Canadian
exports currently ship to India, with goods exports around $3.1 billion in 2014 — less than one-sixth what Canada exports to China. Promising to open India to global commerce, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's historic three-day Canadian tour this week seeks to change that. [ . . . . ]
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India, Canada likely to sign commercial nuclear pact during PM Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Ottawa
[ http://articles.economictimes.indiatime ... clear-test ]
Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, ET Bureau Apr 1, 2015, 01.56AM IST
NEW DELHI: India and Canada are likely to sign a commercial pact for supply of Canadian fuel to India's existing nuclear power plants during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to Ottawa next month. The two nations had signed the civil nuclear cooperation agreement in 2010 followed by the administrative arrangement in 2012. Ever since Canada's principal
uranium producer Cameco has been holding commercial negotiations with Indian entities for supplying uranium to fuel nuclear power plants that has faced uranium shortage. [ . . . ]
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Canada-India uranium supply deal likely
[ http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/can ... 77038.html ]
News, videos, etc.
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ENTERPRISE SASKATCHEWAN SIGNS MOU WITH GUJARAT, INDIA COUNTERPART
[ http://publications.gov.sk.ca/details.cfm?p=61286
News Release - September 9, 2010
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Uranium deal with India signals new era, Modi tells Harper
[ http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015 ... ronto.html ]
Trade, energy, the environment, security, and culture are expected to be among the issues Harper and Modi will discuss during the visit.
By: Les Whittington Ottawa Bureau reporter, Published on Wed Apr 15 2015
At a joint press conference on Parliament Hill with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right,, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the nuclear deal “is a mark (of Canada’s) trust and confidence” in his country.
OTTAWA—Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off his visit to Canada by signing a uranium supply deal with Ottawa he says signals a new era in cooperation between the two nations.
At a joint press conference on Parliament Hill with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Modi said the agreement that will see hundreds of millions of dollars worth of uranium exported to India from Saskatchewan annually “is a mark (of Canada’s) trust and confidence” in his country.
“And this is going to take forward our relations,” Modi told the media, adding that uranium for India’s civilian nuclear program will help his country address global warming through “clean energy” and thus allows India “to give something to the world.”
Harper, who will accompany Modi to Toronto and Vancouver during the Indian leader’s three-day visit, agreed the uranium sales deal will end the lingering tension arising from India’s use of Canadian equipment to develop a nuclear bomb in the 1970s — which Harper said created “an unnecessarily frosty relationship for far too long.”
In an unexpected comment, Harper also said the two leaders agreed to push hard for a quick resolution of Canada-India free-trade talks, which have been bogged down since 2010. Harper, whose efforts to land free-trade deals with Canada’s important trading partners will be a key plank in his campaign leading up to the October election, said the deal with India would be
completed by September.
Harper acknowledged that trade between Canada and India remains modest but is on the increase.
MORE:
[ http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015 ... ronto.html ]
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