{"id":27600,"date":"2011-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashleydev.com\/2011\/06\/29\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\/"},"modified":"2020-08-27T11:45:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T15:45:06","slug":"the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2011\/06\/29\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of AECL – Pending an Official Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The federal government announced its plan to restructure AECL back in 2007. It must be close to fruition since this week the news of the impending sale of AECL\u2019s CANDU division has all but taken over the headlines.<\/p>\n

We at the CNA have consistently stated our support for a structure that will advance the nuclear energy industry in Canada and make it more competitive. We\u2019re waiting with baited breath for the details and will update you when they\u2019re revealed.<\/p>\n

Here is a snapshot of the headlines. Keep in mind that nothing official has been announced so everything is speculation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Privatization of AECL will mean higher costs for ratepayers: critics <\/a>
\niPolitics.ca June 28, 2011 (carried in the Toronto Star<\/a> and elsewhere)<\/p>\n

TORONTO \u2013 The proposed sale of Crown-owned Atomic Energy of Canada to a Montreal-based engineering firm will lead to higher costs for ratepayers in Ontario, critics warned Tuesday\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Impending AECL sale puts Ontario, Ottawa on collision course<\/a>
\nGlobe and Mail, June 28, 2011<\/p>\n

Ontario is on a collision course with Ottawa over the Harper government\u2019s impending deal to sell off Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., and get out of the business of subsidizing nuclear reactor sales\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dwight Duncan on Ottawa\u2019s AECL deal: \u2018What are they going to do for Ontario?\u2019<\/a>
\nGlobe and Mail, June 28, 2011<\/p>\n

Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan signalled Tuesday that the province is heading for a showdown with Ottawa over the fate of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

AECL sale shouldn’t affect Lepreau: Leonard <\/a>
\nCBC, June 29, 2011<\/p>\n

The sale of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. to SNC-Lavalin should not affect the troubled refurbishment project at the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station, Energy Minister Craig Leonard said Tuesday\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

New Democrats call for audit of AECL selloff <\/a>
\nNorthumberland View, June 28, 2011<\/p>\n

OTTAWA \u2013 New Democrats have taken their concerns about the sell-off of Canada\u2019s nuclear crown corporation to a higher power\u2014asking the Auditor General to perform a value-for-money audit before any deal is completed\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Opposition wary of AECL sale<\/a>
\nLeader-Post, June 29, 2011<\/p>\n

Opposition politicians demanded the government negotiate a fair price for Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Tuesday, as rumours swirled that the Crown corporation soon will be sold to Montreal-based engineering giant SNC-Lavalin\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Feds on verge of selling AECL: Reports<\/a>
\nSudbury Star, June 29, 2011<\/p>\n

OTTAWA — The federal government is on the verge of selling Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. to Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin, according to media reports…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lavalin nears deal for CANDU maker<\/a>
\nMontreal Gazette, June 29, 2011<\/p>\n

Opposition politicians demanded the government negotiate a fair price for Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Tuesday, as rumours swirled that the crown corporation soon will be sold to engineering giant SNC-Lavalin…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The federal government announced its plan to restructure AECL back in 2007. It must be close to fruition since this week the news of the impending sale of AECL\u2019s CANDU division has all but taken over the headlines. We at the CNA have consistently stated our support for a structure that will advance the nuclear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[537],"tags":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-27600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-talknuclear"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Future of AECL - Pending an Official Announcement - Association nucl\u00e9aire canadienne<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2011\/06\/29\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Future of AECL - Pending an Official Announcement - Association nucl\u00e9aire canadienne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The federal government announced its plan to restructure AECL back in 2007. It must be close to fruition since this week the news of the impending sale of AECL\u2019s CANDU division has all but taken over the headlines. We at the CNA have consistently stated our support for a structure that will advance the nuclear […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2011\/06\/29\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Association nucl\u00e9aire canadienne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/canadanuclear\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-06-29T04:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-08-27T15:45:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cna_admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cna_admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/29\\\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/29\\\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cna_admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b0c8179b9b04ade90057bc7a30b2fbd2\"},\"headline\":\"The Future of AECL – Pending an Official Announcement\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-29T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-27T15:45:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/29\\\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":446,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Talk Nuclear\"],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/29\\\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/29\\\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Future of AECL - Pending an Official Announcement - Association nucl\u00e9aire canadienne\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-29T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-27T15:45:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/29\\\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/29\\\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/29\\\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Future of AECL – Pending an Official Announcement\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/\",\"name\":\"Canadian Nuclear Association\",\"description\":\"The national voice of the Canadian nuclear industry since 1960\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Canadian Nuclear Association\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/cropped-cna-logo-only.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/cropped-cna-logo-only.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Canadian Nuclear Association\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/canadanuclear\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/canadanuclear\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/canadanuclear\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/CanadaNuclear\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/canadian-nuclear-association\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b0c8179b9b04ade90057bc7a30b2fbd2\",\"name\":\"cna_admin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cna.ca\\\/fr\\\/author\\\/cna_admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Future of AECL - Pending an Official Announcement - Association nucl\u00e9aire canadienne","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2011\/06\/29\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\/","og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Future of AECL - Pending an Official Announcement - Association nucl\u00e9aire canadienne","og_description":"The federal government announced its plan to restructure AECL back in 2007. It must be close to fruition since this week the news of the impending sale of AECL\u2019s CANDU division has all but taken over the headlines. We at the CNA have consistently stated our support for a structure that will advance the nuclear […]","og_url":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2011\/06\/29\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\/","og_site_name":"Association nucl\u00e9aire canadienne","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/canadanuclear","article_published_time":"2011-06-29T04:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-08-27T15:45:06+00:00","author":"cna_admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cna_admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2011\/06\/29\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2011\/06\/29\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\/"},"author":{"name":"cna_admin","@id":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/#\/schema\/person\/b0c8179b9b04ade90057bc7a30b2fbd2"},"headline":"The Future of AECL – Pending an Official Announcement","datePublished":"2011-06-29T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-08-27T15:45:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2011\/06\/29\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\/"},"wordCount":446,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Talk Nuclear"],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2011\/06\/29\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\/","url":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2011\/06\/29\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\/","name":"The Future of AECL - Pending an Official Announcement - Association nucl\u00e9aire canadienne","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-06-29T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-08-27T15:45:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2011\/06\/29\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2011\/06\/29\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2011\/06\/29\/the-future-of-aecl-pending-an-official-announcement\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Future of AECL – Pending an Official Announcement"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/","name":"Canadian Nuclear Association","description":"The national voice of the Canadian nuclear industry since 1960","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/#organization","name":"Canadian Nuclear Association","url":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/cropped-cna-logo-only.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/cropped-cna-logo-only.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Canadian Nuclear Association"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/canadanuclear","https:\/\/x.com\/canadanuclear","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/canadanuclear","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/CanadaNuclear","http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/canadian-nuclear-association"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/#\/schema\/person\/b0c8179b9b04ade90057bc7a30b2fbd2","name":"cna_admin","url":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/author\/cna_admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28969,"href":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27600\/revisions\/28969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27600"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=27600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}