Chalk River and Medical Isotopes

There has been a lot of press attention surrounding the Chalk River nuclear plant and medical isotope production, but it seems that the Green Party is the only voice that is informing Canadians that we have alternatives.

Medical isotopes can be produced using centrifuge, electromagnetic separation or laser separation - we don't need a nuclear reactor/reaction to create them.

When will the Conservatives stop pushing their nuclear agenda, and look into safer, more reliable sources of energy. Instead of promoting nuclear across the country, they ought to be weighing the associated risks and investing in renewable, cost effective energy. Solar, wind, deep-well geothermal and tidal energy sources are clean, safe, reliable, cost effective and yet the governments insists on pouring millions of dollars into nuclear.

It's time to wake up and move forward to a cleaner, sustainable future!

Green Party of Ontario AGM

The Green Party of Ontario held its AGM over the Victoria Day weekend. It was a great convention with dynamic speakers, good solid dialogue and many opportunities to meet and talk with other members.

I'm going to be working on setting up a Constituency Association for Halton; we don't currently have one, meaning that provincial election campaigns are very difficult to fund, and candidates are hard to find. If you're interested in helping out, please contact me - my contact information is at the bottom of each webpage on this website.

Frank DeJong announced that he will be stepping down at Leader of the GPO. This means that there will be a leadership race, culminating at the policy convention on November 14/15 in London, Ontario. I am on the Leadership Candidate Committee - we met for the first time last night and had a very productive discussion about nomination rules. For more information, please visit www.gpo.ca

That's all for now.