Canada's nuclear industry ‘blindsided’ after exclusion from

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Canada's nuclear industry ‘blindsided’ after exclusion from green bond framework

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March 22, 2022

Many in Canada’s nuclear industry have been left questioning the federal government’s commitment to the technology after nuclear power was excluded from the first ever Canadian-dollar-denominated green bond.

The Green Bond Framework, introduced in March, lays the groundwork for a targeted inaugural issuance of C$5 billion for the 2021-22 period and will mobilize capital in support of the government's climate and environmental objectives, the Government of Canada says.

The global drive to cut green house gas emissions, with over 130 countries pledging to reach net-zero by 2050, has prompted investors to earmark entire portfolios worth hundreds of billions of dollars into companies and projects that claim clean energy practices.

The definition of which practices can be included in such portfolios, granting them access to a rapidly expanding source of financing, has been the focus of intense debate, not least over differing opinions on the green credentials of nuclear power.

In Canada, items that were specifically excluded in the country’s new green taxonomy are the manufacturing of arms, alcohol or tobacco, gambling, fossil fuels and, to the outrage of many in the industry, nuclear power. . . . .

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