> The: first: was.a call: ‘by

Prime Minister Trudeais ;

in. Mexico: city. for. tighter controls | on: ‘the spread : of

nuclear: -weapons; and -

‘the. second - -was an.

annouficement by’ the Canadian SPEC organiza-

tion ‘that it ‘was joining forces with a. Washington: .. 7
state group. ‘that is. ‘attempting | to -halt ‘the’
construction of nuclear reactor be in the Skagit valley.

The: significance of. the:

‘statements, is that: white’ the.
'. PM publicly. calls for. tighter «:
. controls; Canadiaa ° ‘officials

are’ already: discussing the

‘sale of. nuclear: reactors ‘to
. Mexico, Argentina and South: '
-Korea. These CANDU re-

- actors would. be identical ‘to.

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with the material :to: make -

and explode a nuclear: bomb.

According the SPEC scien-
tist Dr. Patrick ’..’Moore,
Trudeau’s statement | that it

“is Canada’s ‘‘Moral‘respon-
sibility”’ “to. share. nuclear

- technology with the rest_ of.

“the world is like saying it is
our moral. ‘responsibility: to:
‘provide. “the. “world with
‘nuclear weapons.” “aes

“Nuclear: reactors’”” “says,
‘are slow . atomic:
-bombs.”*” They « all: .emit.
fission products or nuclear -

wastes, that are. radioactive,

"deadly elements. -

The proposed ‘reactor. in.
the Skagit valley. would
‘produce’ as” much. : juclear
-waste. in one year as would .

100. Hiroshima-sized: ‘bombs,

and «the. implications. “for *

‘B.C.’s-ower “mainland. are
significant. ‘The’ roposed |

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‘site is: 60 ‘air. miles’ from’:
_ downtown’ ‘Vancouver.

Any ,
release of gaseous- -radioac-.:

tive material - “would be

Hooray for the ‘Canadian.

Chamber of: Commeicel -I’. fro

agree 100 per cent with that. -
organization’ Ss. Suggestion |
that the federal. govern-.

- ment cut its. expenditures by.
baby:

abandoning - the...
bonus'*: and. the © forced :
French program. known as”
bilingualism.

OF course th ‘peiuirocrats
; (sic)': and :: -pollticians ‘con=
trolled by”: ‘strings from.
" Quebec would: call such a-
move : :“irresponsible'’ ‘and |
‘economic’ stupidity.’ ” Their.
"very caréers' ‘are: ‘at: ' stake,’
Both: “prog rains’. were: ode
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anna concerned ”
' the senseless. :
‘slaughter of whales :abol-
ished, we are writing to urge
-youto take action in the |
following ways: . ate, poet

1: Iuielst ‘that. Canada _
pose a - 0-year. morator
on whall Ing.

- 2s. + Init that Ganda pull out!

= -entially, . once a reactor: is.

M ‘taxable ‘as, ‘a form of income:

Vaticouver area.
‘taospheric *. inversion, would”
result:in inhalation of radio-.-
active. particles ‘by. all of us.”
The rainfall of the area would _
‘carry. the Barticles ‘into Our ,
water supply.

‘The: site: is located on ‘the
‘Georgia Straight fault, mak-
ing it ‘susceptible ‘to - earth-
‘quake. ‘damage. A recent
shock inthe area measured &
on. the. Richter scale;. such’ a

shock: “could cause. a core. -

‘meltdown ‘in’ the - reactor
-which: ‘would devastate - the
area for hundreds of .miles.
The lower mainland: would
have ‘to: be evacuated. Ess-

‘built:in an area no. acts. of
God are allowed. -

- Even... without ‘such. a.
tragedy; the reactor would
emit on a regular. basis

dozens of ‘radioactive “iso-

topes: that would. concentrate.
‘in the environment. There is _
no. safe dose. of. radiation for .
“man; -: any" amount. has’ its.
“effects: in terms of: genetic
mutations, Jessened. jmmun-
ity to disease, cancer, leuk-

mortality.

- SPEC. and- “SCANP will :

fight . the» ‘project on legal:
of: ca U. S:

Trudeau. and his boys. would;
“reluctant .to ‘appear as:
though they were'paying any’

‘Canada. - 4

.. Think. how riuch tess at

ederal, government: out. of:
each \ monthily ©  paycheque,’
instead, of taking i it away ‘and;

returning: a‘portion- of it in:

the: form... of . “children's

sallowande,”"

Think how much money. we
would: ‘gavé ‘if ‘we stopped:
an ( Bpareling billions an n teaching

| servants.” “speak.

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Commission—it: is a: ‘self.
‘regulatory body . and’ ie
ne

“fnterndtional exercise |
cruelty, and. deception.

‘3 Insist: that ‘Canada a
forrds \- of

- pose. that.’ all.
“'" deep-sea, fishing,” ‘be .. cons"
trolled be the | _ United :
‘Natlons., Pe 4

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"sought damages fh from €an-
ada for. air pollution: crossing: |
‘the’ border:

L the: property : “of: Persons:

“geactors is that they produce.

m= the substance.’ of ‘atomic’

. muclear reators!

bomb, there are over. 100,000."
: enough knowledge to” build:

emia and increased bafant « :

it" appears.
‘quite. obvious t to me why. Mr.. -

attention _ ta. the: rest of |

“amou int, paid in ‘taxes: ‘to the:

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considerable. “light to: the issue® of ‘Canada’ si
7 involvement i in the. nuclear reactor. business.

‘*..-under ‘the -
principles’: of international :
law, as well as the law. of the.
United - “Sates, M0. State: ‘has:

“use. ef its territory. in ‘sucl
“manner: as. to. Cause injury..
to the. territory: of another or-

The final threat of. nuclear

._ plutonium, : the most. toxic
Chemical: known to maa, “and:

* bombs. ‘Virtually: all’ the’
‘atomic bombs in the world’s
arsenals are made’. from
plutonium (aptly named after.
the Greek .god. of Hell). All
the plutonium . for ‘these’.
“bombs has been Produced by

‘The: ‘threat’ “of” “nuclear
terrorism rises: daily. Accor-
ding to Dr. Edward. Teller,:
the father of -the: hydrogen:

people - ‘today: who’: have. -

an ‘atomic -bomb.” Once. a Ps
‘person hs the plutonium, the
. fest is elementary engineer

So. as Trudeau -talks of. .
tighter controls, Canada pre-
pares. to ‘‘share”’ nuclear
- technology. around the world..
"According to-Moore, :**

_itresponsible, in
“most - + criminal, act

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‘ition |: systems, . - a

‘nauseum: (sic),

| am. told that. Do ‘must *
: respect the French, influence
{n'Canada.:1do: ‘respect: the
fact: that “there | is : more
organized ; ‘erime- amore - tf
dollars: ‘spent. ‘ond . ‘more’
babies’ being ‘born. (into.
French. . speaking... families: ,
“who grow: up’.and ‘vote, for’:
baby bonuses. and. bilingual- we
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whales ‘a. safer: place, ‘but it :; Shoo
.would also save our continen-
‘tal shelf from. the outrageous

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