Just a week after gaining control of Québec’s provincial government, Canada’s Parti Québécois announced that it will keep its election promise to shut down the Gentilly-2 nuclear reactor in Bécancour, the Montreal Gazette reports. The announcement, by a PQ spokesperson, came just hours before the premiere of a new documentary by two Montréal filmmakers about the health and safety concerns of residents living near the nuke plant along the St. Lawrence River.
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