Deletions
- Proposal text
- Green Party of Canada WILL CEASE BLANKET-OPPOSITION TO NUCLEAR POWER AS A SOURCE OF LOW-CARBON
- ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
- Type of Proposal
- Public policy that the party would represent
- Objective / Benefit
- This resolution is intended to withdraw existing GPC policies which oppose Canada's use of nuclear
- technologies for non-military purposes. GPC policies which impede nuclear by calling for "renewable"
- energy shall be updated to replace "renewable" with "clean".
- If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?
- 1996 Foreign Aid - repeal
- G06-p11 Enhanced Nuclear Policy - repeal
- 1998 - Peace and Security - repeal
- G08-p012 Nuclear Power - repeal
- G10-p31 Carbon Free National Feed-in Tariff - Amend: remove "non-nuclear,"
- G08-136 Energy Transition Plan - Amend: change "renewable energy" to "clean energy"
- G08-p137 Support of Distributed Electrical Power Grid Research - Amend: change "renewable energy" to
- "clean energy"
- List any supporting evidence for your proposal
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe issued a report comparing not just lifecycle carbon
- emissions for various electricity sources, but overall impact on the environment and human health.
- Nuclear power was the single lowest CO2eq /kWh electricity source studied. The single lowest impact
- on ecosystems. And among the very lowest impact on human health. (CO2: Page 8. Ecosystems: Page 57.
- Human health: Page 58.)
- https://unece.org/sed/documents/2021/10/reports/life-cycle-assessment-electricity-generation-options
- Our World In Data summarizes a modern assessment of various electricity system's safety and
- cleanliness. While not as in-depth or recent as UN ECE's study, Our World In Data clearly positioned
- nuclear in 2020 as one of humanity's safest and cleanest energy sources.
- https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy
- Dr. Gordon Edwards has repeatedly acknowledged nuclear power is a low-carbon source of power
- generation. https://youtu.be/HKIcnbMMdO0?t=24
- The nuclear supply chain for CANDU refurbishments is 98%
- Canadian. https://www.opg.com/documents/2021-ontario-nuclear-collaboration-report/
- This can be contrasted with other low (but not as low as nuclear) carbon energy sources where
- components are not domestically produced.
- https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/79fdad93-9025-49ad-ba16-c26d718cc070
- Nuclear's domestic, Canadian, supply chain still achieves a cost /kWh only beaten by
- hydropower. https://www.oeb.ca/sites/default/files/rpp-price-report-20211022.pdf
- On April 23, 2023, Dr. Chris Keefer debated Dr. Gordon Edwards on the subject of nuclear power in
- Canada. This was the "SMR Roundtable" that GPC members might have experienced, if a pro-nuclear
- voice had been allowed to participate in our conversation among opponents of nuclear
- power. https://youtu.be/LvMC8TK025w
- Angus Reid Institute finds increasing support from Canadians for nuclear power. In June 2021, 51% of
- Canadians said they would like to see further development of nuclear power generation. Now 57% say
- the same. https://angusreid.org/canada-energy-nuclear-power-oil-and-gas-wind-solar/
- This 57% of Canadians supporting nuclear matches a similar trend in the United States, where also
- now 57% support nuclear power.
- https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/18/growing-share-of-americans-favor-more-nuclear-power/
- Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the
- group or groups?
- N/A
- Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
- Yes
- Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
- English
Additions
- +Preamble
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- +Nuclear power is one of the lowest-carbon sources of electricity, as recognized by IPCC and United
- +Nations ECE.
- +
- Proposal text
- Green Party of Canada WILL CEASE BLANKET-OPPOSITION TO NUCLEAR POWER AS A SOURCE OF LOW-CARBON
- ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
- Type of Proposal
- Public policy that the party would represent
- Objective / Benefit
- This resolution is intended to withdraw existing GPC policies which oppose Canada's use of nuclear
- technologies for non-military purposes. GPC policies which impede nuclear by calling for "renewable"
- energy shall be updated to replace "renewable" with "clean".
- If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?
- 1996 Foreign Aid - repeal
- G06-p11 Enhanced Nuclear Policy - repeal
- 1998 - Peace and Security - repeal
- G08-p012 Nuclear Power - repeal
- G10-p31 Carbon Free National Feed-in Tariff - Amend: remove "non-nuclear,"
- G08-136 Energy Transition Plan - Amend: change "renewable energy" to "clean energy"
- G08-p137 Support of Distributed Electrical Power Grid Research - Amend: change "renewable energy" to
- "clean energy"
- List any supporting evidence for your proposal
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe issued a report comparing not just lifecycle carbon
- emissions for various electricity sources, but overall impact on the environment and human health.
- Nuclear power was the single lowest CO2eq /kWh electricity source studied. The single lowest impact
- on ecosystems. And among the very lowest impact on human health. (CO2: Page 8. Ecosystems: Page 57.
- Human health: Page 58.)
- https://unece.org/sed/documents/2021/10/reports/life-cycle-assessment-electricity-generation-options
- Our World In Data summarizes a modern assessment of various electricity system's safety and
- cleanliness. While not as in-depth or recent as UN ECE's study, Our World In Data clearly positioned
- nuclear in 2020 as one of humanity's safest and cleanest energy sources.
- https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy
- Dr. Gordon Edwards has repeatedly acknowledged nuclear power is a low-carbon source of power
- generation. https://youtu.be/HKIcnbMMdO0?t=24
- The nuclear supply chain for CANDU refurbishments is 98%
- Canadian. https://www.opg.com/documents/2021-ontario-nuclear-collaboration-report/
- This can be contrasted with other low (but not as low as nuclear) carbon energy sources where
- components are not domestically produced.
- https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/79fdad93-9025-49ad-ba16-c26d718cc070
- Nuclear's domestic, Canadian, supply chain still achieves a cost /kWh only beaten by
- hydropower. https://www.oeb.ca/sites/default/files/rpp-price-report-20211022.pdf
- On April 23, 2023, Dr. Chris Keefer debated Dr. Gordon Edwards on the subject of nuclear power in
- Canada. This was the "SMR Roundtable" that GPC members might have experienced, if a pro-nuclear
- voice had been allowed to participate in our conversation among opponents of nuclear
- power. https://youtu.be/LvMC8TK025w
- Angus Reid Institute finds increasing support from Canadians for nuclear power. In June 2021, 51% of
- Canadians said they would like to see further development of nuclear power generation. Now 57% say
- the same. https://angusreid.org/canada-energy-nuclear-power-oil-and-gas-wind-solar/
- This 57% of Canadians supporting nuclear matches a similar trend in the United States, where also
- now 57% support nuclear power.
- https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/18/growing-share-of-americans-favor-more-nuclear-power/
- Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the
- group or groups?
- N/A
- Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
- Yes
- Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
- English
