Canada must acknowledge the implications of selling uranium
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2025 3:11 pmCanada must acknowledge the implications of selling uranium to India
by Gordon Edwards and Erika Simpson - Special to The Globe and Mail - December 23, 2025
EXCERPT: "Every so often, Canada arrives at a moment when foreign policy, ethics and national interest intersect. The pending $3.94-billion sale [ https://t.co/KY1HWdvsQk ] of Canadian uranium to India is one of those moments – though we seem inclined to move past it with minimal reflection.
India is not a routine customer. It is a nuclear-armed state that has never [ https://treaties.unoda.org/t/npt/participants ] signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the agreement meant to anchor global efforts against the spread of nuclear weapons. In selling it uranium, Canada appears willing to extend to India the kinds of benefits normally reserved for states that accept international inspections on all nuclear facilities and abide by NPT treaty obligations. What, then, is the message this sends to the 93 countries that signed the NPT and continue to respect it? . . .
Canada continues to insist that treaties matter, even as we deepen commercial ties with a state that has chosen to remain outside the NPT treaty system. . . . . "
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Gordon Edwards, PhD, is a science educator, nuclear safety consultant and president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility [ https://www.ccnr.org/index.html ].
Erika Simpson, PhD, is an associate professor of international politics in the department of political science at Western University and president of the Canadian Peace Research Association [ https://cpra-acrp.com/past-call-for-papers ].
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by Gordon Edwards and Erika Simpson - Special to The Globe and Mail - December 23, 2025
EXCERPT: "Every so often, Canada arrives at a moment when foreign policy, ethics and national interest intersect. The pending $3.94-billion sale [ https://t.co/KY1HWdvsQk ] of Canadian uranium to India is one of those moments – though we seem inclined to move past it with minimal reflection.
India is not a routine customer. It is a nuclear-armed state that has never [ https://treaties.unoda.org/t/npt/participants ] signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the agreement meant to anchor global efforts against the spread of nuclear weapons. In selling it uranium, Canada appears willing to extend to India the kinds of benefits normally reserved for states that accept international inspections on all nuclear facilities and abide by NPT treaty obligations. What, then, is the message this sends to the 93 countries that signed the NPT and continue to respect it? . . .
Canada continues to insist that treaties matter, even as we deepen commercial ties with a state that has chosen to remain outside the NPT treaty system. . . . . "
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Gordon Edwards, PhD, is a science educator, nuclear safety consultant and president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility [ https://www.ccnr.org/index.html ].
Erika Simpson, PhD, is an associate professor of international politics in the department of political science at Western University and president of the Canadian Peace Research Association [ https://cpra-acrp.com/past-call-for-papers ].
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion ... on-cameco/ ]