Bill Kelly Show
Are Nuclear Reactors the way of the future? Bank of Canada raises interest rates again & Why is Doug Ford refusing to testify on the Emergencies Act?
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The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Guest Host Shiona Thompson: Canada will provide $970 million in financing to develop a grid-scale small modular reactor (SMR), a new nuclear technology touted as a key part of the country's plans to reduce emissions. The nuclear power project, which is being developed by utility Ontario Power Generation (OPG) in Darlington, will be the first commercial grid-scale SMR in the Group of Seven wealthy nations (G7), according to the minister's spokesperson. Is this the way of the future? GUEST: Dr. Chris Keefer, President of Canadians for Nuclear Energy - The Bank of Canada hiked its key interest rate by half of a percentage point today and said rates will need to rise further to clamp down on decades-high inflation. GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer with Concordia University - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is legally challenging a request that he testify under oath before the Emergencies Act Inquiry — saying it would be “inconsistent” with parliamentary privilege to force hi