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from CBC.ca

The mayor of a town northwest of Edmonton said he is feeling comfortable about the possibility of a nuclear reactor in his backyard after a trip to see a reactor in New Brunswick.

Energy Alberta Corporation, which wants to build a reactor in the province, recently flew Whitecourt Mayor Trevor Thain and a number of councillors from the area to the East Coast to tour a reactor.

Thain says after seeing NB Power’s plant at Point Lepreau, he no longer has fears about safety and is actually looking at the huge economic benefits a reactor would mean.

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GPNZ News Release, Scoop

The Green Party has called for Government to mount an inquiry into the privacy concerns raised by Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff about the oversight of public and private databases that contain information on New Zealand citizens, Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke says.

Mr Locke was responding to a speech last week by the Privacy Commissioner in which she queried whether sufficient protections exist under New Zealand law regarding local databases situated overseas - or where local data is sent, or accessed from, offshore.

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