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Committee report and pre-budget jostling reflect ongoing discord over nuclear energy’s role in Canada’s clean energy transition

'Funding these projects doesn’t make any sense when we have cleaner, safer, and lower cost options,' says clean air advocate Jack Gibbons of Canada's support for nuclear energy as part of its path toward net-zero emissions.

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI
March 1, 2023

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