XZONE RADIO: Canada's Role in Depleted Uranium (DU) Weapons worldwide <http://peaceinspace.blogs.com/nuclear_free_zone/2007/05/xzone_radio_can.html>
PROGRAM: X-ZONE RADIO with Rob McConnell, Tuesday May 15, 2007 9-11 PM PDT X-ZONE RADIO Affiliate stations: http://www.xzone-radio.com/ LISTEN LIVE: http://nick8.surfernetwork.com/Media/WhiteSprings.asx TOPIC: *XZONE RADIO: Canada's Role in Depleted Uranium (DU) Weapons worldwide* ISSUE: Government of Canada is not enforcing the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission regulations and the US-Canada Nuclear Co-Operation agreement which prohibit Canadian Uranium from being used in DU weapons. FORMAT: In each Segment, Political leader will make a 5-7 minute statement on Canada's role in DU weapons and what actions they propose, followed by 3 minutes of commentary from each of the experts. Confirmed Political Leaders: SEGMENT I 9:00PM - 9:30 PM PDT Hon. Keith Martin, MD, MP - Keith Martin has been the Member of Parliament for the Riding of Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca on beautiful Vancouver Island since 1993. He currently serves as the Chair for the Liberal Party Caucus Committee on Canada and the World. (by pre-recorded segment) www.keithmartin.parl.gc.ca SEGMENT II 9:30 - 10:00 PM PDT Bev Collins - President, Canadian Action Party - Bev Collins is a former business woman from Ottawa, who has run as a candidate in the last 5 federal elections and is now the President of the Canadian Action Party. http://www.canadianactionparty.ca SEGMENT III 10:30 - 10:30 PDT Scott Leyland, CEO of the Pacific Division of the Green Party and Green Party Candidate in last 2 Federal Elections in BC Southern Interior Uranium Free Kootenay;Boundary and the Uranium Free BC Coalition. http://uraniumfreekootenayboundary.ca/ SEGMENT IV 10:30 - 11:00 PM PDT NOTE: MP Alex Alex Atamanenko (NDP - Southern BC Interior), who stated at a Uranium-free BC forum on May 12, 2007 that he was opposed to the use of Canadian Uranium in DU weapons and in favor of enforcement of existing laws to prohibit Canadian Uranium in US DU weapons, was to participate, but would be traveling in the USA at the time of this programme. He indicated he would contact MP Alexa McDonough (NDP) in his stead. Closing Statements by Experts (5 minutes each) DU Experts: Leuren Moret - Leuren Moret was an Expert Witness on Depleted Uranium at the Tokyo International Tribunal for War Crimes in Afghanistan, and a Speaker on Depleted Uranium at the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Conference (2007) http://peaceinspace.blogs.com/nuclear_free_zone/2007/05/du_depleted_ura.html Bob Nichols - Bob Nichols is a Project Censored Award Winner. He is a correspondent for the San Francisco Bay View newspaper and a frequent contributor to various on line publications. Nichols is completing a book based on 15 years of nuclear war in Central Asia. Nichols is a former employee of the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant. Nichols can be reached by email. You are encouraged to write [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alfred Webre - Alfred Webre, International Director of the Institute for Cooperation in Space, is a Member of the Pro Tem Committee, Kuala Lumpur International War Crimes Tribunal. NUCLEAR FREE ZONE: http://peaceinspace.blogs.com/nuclear_free_zone/ This Radio Panel will also discuss the Uranium-Free Kootenay;Boundary and the Uranium-Free BC Coalition Forum in Castlegar, B.C. on May 12, 2007, which convened and agreed to demand a legislative ban on the exploration and mining of Uranium on British Columbia. URL: http://peaceinspace.blogs.com/nuclear_free_zone/2007/05/xzone_radio_can.html -- _________________________________ Alfred Lambremont Webre, JD, MEd ICIS-Institute for Cooperation in Space 3339 West 41 Avenue Vancouver, B.C. V6N3E5 CANADA TEL: 604-733-8134 FAX: 604-733-8135 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICIS: http://www.peaceinspace.com CAMPAIGN: http://www.peaceinspace.org NUCLEAR FREE ZONE: http://peaceinspace.blogs.com/nuclear_free_zone/ ________________________ CAMPAIGN FOR A POSITIVE FUTURE http://peaceinspace.blogs.com/campaign_for_a_positive_f/
