Canada, Electricity & Weapons

MV Ramana: What do Canada’s retired general Wayne Eyre and Saudi Prince

Mohammed Bin Salman share in common? Answer: In their own ways, both have
inadvertently warned the public about the deep relationship between nuclear
weapons and nuclear energy. The former’s warning came earlier this month,
when the retired general told a conference in Ottawa that when it came to
acquiring nuclear weapons, Canada should keep its “options open,”
pointing out that Canada had “a good nuclear enterprise” including
“the civilian infrastructure” and “the scientists.” Eyre, who
served as Canada’s chief of the Defence Staff from 2021 to 2024, argued,
“Let’s just have the conditions in place so that if we decide to go
that way, we can do it in shorter order than some other countries who have
no nuclear enterprise. It’s all about hedging.” Part of the strategy he
recommended was to invest in aerospace and missile technology. The last
time this connection was so prominently broadcast was back in March 2018,
when Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman told CBS News about Saudi Arabia’s
equivalent hedging strategy. Earlier, the country had announced that it was
interested in deploying nuclear power plants for “peaceful purposes,”
but during the interview, MBS pointed to the possibility that Iran might
develop a nuclear bomb, and declared that Saudi Arabia “will follow suit
as soon as possible.”

 Counterpunch 24th Feb 2026 

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/24/the-innate-and-inseparable-ties-between-nuclear-weapons-and-energy/