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PAGE 6 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, August 27,2003 www.durhamregion.com Bradley Piney Car hit hydro pole CAR from page 1 lice, for a single-vehicle collision. A white Ford Mustang, which was southbound southbound on Prestonvale, went out of control, control, hit a hydro pole and became entangled entangled in live wires. The three occupants of the vehicle could not be removed by firefighters until hydro workers shut the power off. All three occupants were taken to Lakeridge Health Oshawa with serious injuries. One 18-year-old passenger, from Ottawa, was later transferred to St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, where he is listed in critical but stable condition. condition. The other occupants were admitted admitted to Lakeridge Health Oshawa with non-life threatening injuries. The driver, Jean Martel, 47, of Myers Street in Oshawa, is charged with impaired impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm, and will appear in court in Oshawa Tuesday, Sept. 23. 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"From what we could tell from discussions, 75 to 80 per cent of all the regional caucuses supported it leading up to the national caucus meeting," where that support was confirmed, he says. After 10 years of lobbying, it could be less than 10 weeks before Canada's Canada's ITER proponents find out if they have been successful. A federal cabinet decision on whether to move forward as a party on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is expected expected at a Sept. IS meeting. The international international partners on the project are expected to decide on a global loca- Roger Anderson: 'We need the feds' commitment to bring this thing home.' lion for the facility in October. "We have the superior site," says Regional Chairman Roger Anderson. "But we need the feds' commitment to bring this thing home." The events at the caucus meeting Wednesday were a huge step in the right direction says Clarington Mayor John Mutton, who notes it should make it easier for cabinet to move ahead with funding for the project. "It was exactly what we want. Now we need the Prime Minister to listen to the representatives and commit the money." says the mayor. Dr. Stewart has led this country's bid, alongside federal negotiators from Natural Resources Canada, to host the international R&D facility in Clarington although Spain, France and Japan are vying for it to be located located in their countries. The European Union, United Stales, Japan, China, Korea and the Russian Federation arc all partnering on the $ 18-billion project project aimed to find a clean, mass production production energy for commercial use across the globe by the middle of this century. If it joins the project and is chosen to host it, Canada's share of costs is estimated at about $2.3 billion over 30 years starting in 2005. The Ontario government has agreed to cover half Canada' cost but nothing will move forward until a decision by federal politicians on whether to commit commit to the remainder of the funding. Premier Ernie Eves is expected to send a letter to the Prime Minister this week asking for his support. The federal government pulled Canada's original offer off the negotiation negotiation table for retooling last December. December. As Jim Campbell, the senior federal federal negotiator explained at the time, "We determined the current bid had no chance of success and we either have to up the ante or withdraw the bid." He expected his government would have a final revised offer on the table by March or would withdraw all together, but to date, it has done neither. neither. At negotiation meetings in Tokyo last month, Dr. Stewart says the other international parties allowed Canada to sit at the table but moved forward on the assumption there was no offer from this country. "They (the international partners) are basically discounting us until we come forward with a revised offer," says Dr. Stewart. "The other parties are not waiting for us," as they get closer to a decision on where to put the facility that will be home to hundreds hundreds of international scientists. Still, if the federal government gives the nod, Dr. Stewart believes there is still time for Canada to win it. 1 "There is nothing irreparable. Obviously Obviously the sooner we have a decision ' the better but they (the other parties) all understand bureaucracy," he re- , lutes. If Canada is not selected to host ITER but participates with the partners, partners, its investment cost would be cut j in half. The economic benefits would, be diminished, but still substantial, according to a report by 29 pre-eminent pre-eminent scientists completed this past ' spring. 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