Yesterday the Canadian minority federal government took a step toward its own demise when it tabled a budget that none of the opposition parties said they would support. We will know soon whether the government can or will work out a deal with another of the federal parties. If it cannot or will not...
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Media headline war escalates over Japan: competitive journalism endangers public more than nuclear plant does
World media have taken the hysteria over the Fukushima situation to a new level. Each vehicle, desperate to maintain or increase audience, has fixated on the nuclear situation; the plight of the half million refugees of the earthquake and tsunami, cold and hungry, has taken second stage. These vehicles are attempting to increase audience...
Through the fog of disaster: how to understand the news about the nuclear situation in Japan
An Associated Press article on the disaster in Japan, redirected through various Canadian media sites, comes with headlines like “Japan says partial meltdown likely underway at reactor,” “Japan’s nuclear crisis grows,” etc. The job of headline writers is to write headlines that grab the reader’s attention. The dictum “if it bleeds, it leads” is...
Nuclear Ontario: the end of the beginning?
What to make of the talks between SNC-Lavalin and the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) on a possible purchase of the CANDU division of Atomic Energy Canada Limited? I’d say it shows (1) how lucrative the nuclear business is when reactors are up and running and (2) that the AECL deal will be...
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