Diplomat's Passing Highlights Our Nuclear Dilemma

Published February 4, 2009

A respected Canadian diplomat, Dwight Fulford, passed away just as the Harper government was putting the final touches on its budget, which included funding to complete an improved and—the government hopes—more saleable Candu reactor.

In a way, Mr. Fulford's passing may have been one of those coincidences of life that help to illuminate the present by unearthing a reminder of the past. Mr. Fulford, who died Jan. 23, was...