DEMARCHE ON CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY

UNCLAS OTTAWA 000754 SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR ISN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC PARM IAEA CA SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY COMPENSATION DELIVERED REF: STATE 054213 Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect. (SBU) ESTH Counselor delivered reftel demarche to and discussed it with Natural Resources Canada's acting Director for Uranium and Radioactive Waste David McCauley on June 6. McCauley had no specific reactions to the non-paper, but noted his personal belief that Canada had little choice but to join the Convention to limit the exposure of Atomic Energy Canada, Limited. McCauley said the Canadian federal government interagency is discussing signing the Convention and that our paper would be helpful in those discussions. He was unable to suggest a timeframe within which the government might reach a decision on joining the Convention. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/can ada BREESE