With political leaders across Canada having discussions on the importance of energy and resource security and self-reliance – epiphanies triggered in no small part by Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs and trade war – the Surrey Board of Trade is seizing the moment and renewing its call on the provincial government to end its moratorium on thorium and uranium.

B.C.’s long-standing anti-nuclear policies don’t just forbid the use of nuclear power in B.C. – it also forbids the mining and exploration sector from even looking for nuclear power fuels – uranium and thorium.

A seven-year ban on thorium and uranium exploration was implemented in 1980 by the Bill Bennett Social Credit government and renewed in 2009 under the Gordon Campbell Liberal government – a move that ended up costing taxpayers millions in compensation to companies that had exploration licences expropriated.

Canada is already the world’s second-largest producer of uranium, with provinces like Ontario and Quebec benefiting from its economic potential. With nuclear energy playing a key role in global carbon reduction strategies, B.C. should position itself as a leader in supplying the necessary resources.

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