Taped Canadian Cabinet Minister heard happy to have nuclear reactor leaks

Taped Canadian Cabinet Minister heard happy to have nuclear reactor leaks

June 9, 2009, E.T.

Already closed weeks ago, Chalk River nuclear reactor has another leak! And now a leak scandal of a different kind:

A Judge allows release of tapes of Federal Canadian Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt in private, calling the isotope shortage a "sexy" issue that she hopes to take credit for, while calling her colleague, the Minister of Health, weak on this issue!

On the problem: "I'm ready to roll the dice on this. This is an easy one. You know what solves this problem? Money. And if it's just about money, we'll figure it out. It's not a moral issue."

The judge noted: "The issue of the political oversight of Canada's medical isotope system is literally a matter of life and death for cancer patients. It is a matter of intense public interest," he said. "The handling of this issue by the government and the cabinet ministers is a matter of immediate public and political interest."

Chalk River nuclear reactor provides over 50% of the world's medical isotopes. Sources say Chalk River could be closed for months more than the public predictions of government officials.

NoNuclearNow with excerpts from artic6le by: By Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press. 2009 June 9