Corporate lobbying heats up around governments’ nuclear power plans despite concerns from anti-nuclear advocates

Critics say nuclear too costly and slow to build while supporters back it as a climate solution

5 Jun 2024 • 8 min read

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Doug Ford smiles and shakes the hand of a nuclear manufacturing plant worker while other workers look on in the background.

Doug Ford tours BXWT Canada’s nuclear manufacturing plant in Cambridge, Ont. in this photo posted to his LinkedIn on April 19, 2024. (Credit: Doug Ford)

Kate Schneider

Kate Schneider is a U.K.-based reporter with experience working at the Oxford Political Review and the Canadian Law Review. Her work has also been published by the CBC.

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