National Director’s Message
It’s been another outstanding year for Canada’s nuclear industry but a few recent events warrant attention.
First, a pro-nuclear resolution was passed without opposition at the Ontario Federation of Labour Convention in November. The resolution calls on the OFL to work with Provincial Federations and the Canadian Labour Congress to lobby governments and ensure that any new investment in nuclear energy protects and expands high-quality unionized jobs. Specifically, OFL called for prioritizing the use of CANDU technologies for large projects, and mandating the development and protection of domestic Canadian supply chains for new small modular reactors technologies …