NO TO THE NU-KILLER EXCREMENT! This is the story A former Winnipeg city councillor is calling on Premier Greg Selinger to oppose potential plans to haul radioactive waste through Manitoba en route to Creighton. Donovan Carter recently told the Winnipeg Sun he believes Creighton will be chosen as the storage site for Canada’s nuclear waste. That’s of grave concern for Carter, an anti-nuclear activist who is not convinced the material can be safely moved through Manitoba or other jurisdictions. In November, Carter wrote an open letter asking Selinger to state his opinion on the possibility of the waste being hauled through Manitoba and stored near Creighton. In response, the Manitoba government told The Reminder that it looks “forward to working cooperatively with the federal government and regulating bodies to ensure safe transportation route through our province.” Carter told the Sun that this response worries him, as he wants the province to try and dissuade federal regulators from allowing the waste into Manitoba. As it stands, the movement of nuclear waste is a federal matter, meaning no provincial or municipal government can legally prohibit the material from passing through their jurisdictions. But Carter, who served on Winnipeg city council from 1988 to 1992, isn’t willing to accept that as the end of the story. In the 1980s, Carter joined other activists who ultimately convinced the provincial government to ban the storage of non-Manitoba nuclear waste within provincial borders.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 04:09:44 +0000
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