Candu attitude: Carney pegs 'good chances' on Canadian bid for Turkey nuclear plant

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Lord, C. (2026, October 23). Candu attitude: Carney pegs 'good chances' on Canadian bid for Turkey nuclear plant. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/business/candu-attitude-carney-pegs-good-chances-on-canadian-bid-for-turkey-nuclear-plant/article_d1027f1f-263b-5895-9fe0-6a27adfb6035.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-23 · by Craig Lord

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Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Turkish business leaders in Istanbul to discuss a strategic partnership between Canada and Turkey, which includes energy cooperation. Carney stated that a Canadian company’s bid to supply Candu nuclear reactors for two planned power plants in Turkey now has “good chances” of success. He attributed this optimism to the evolving Canadian market becoming more welcoming to foreign firms and investors, alongside compelling arguments for the Canadian-made nuclear technology and potential partnerships with Turkish construction companies.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Turkish business leaders in Istanbul on October 23, 2026, a day after announcing a new strategic partnership between Canada and Turkey. During this meeting, Carney expressed optimism about a Canadian company’s bid to supply nuclear energy to Turkey using the Candu reactor technology, stating that it now has “good chances” of winning the contract. The prime minister noted that this sentiment would have been different a year ago but emphasized that the case for Candu reactors and potential partnerships with Turkish construction firms is strong. Carney highlighted energy as one of the key pillars in the new strategic partnership aimed at deepening cooperation between the two countries.

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📰 Candu Bid For Turkish Nuclear Plant
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Craig Lord
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Canada Canadian Istanbul Turkey Turkish

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Istanbul GPE · 4× Turkey GPE · 4× Turkish NORP · 4× Canada GPE · 3× Canadian NORP · 3× Carney PERSON · 3× AtkinsRéalis ORG · 1× Mark Carney PERSON · 1× The Canadian Press ORG · 1×

Narrative

The prime minister says contract decisions are ultimately made business to business, but his role in Istanbul is to share how the Canadian market has evolved to be more welcoming to foreign firms and investors. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 23, 2026.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-23
🔮 ISTANBUL - Prime Minister Mark Carney says a Canadian company’s bid to supply nuclear energy to Turkey has a real shot of winning the lucrative tender. But he says he probably wouldn’t have been singing the same tune a year ago.
2026-10-23 · Toronto Star
Candu attitude: Carney pegs 'good chances' on Canadian bid for Turkey nuclear plant · assertive framing

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Carney pegs ‘good chances’ on Canadian bid for Turkey nuclear plant asserted
Carney → peg → plant
The prime minister is meeting with Turkish business leaders in Istanbul a day after he announced a new strategic partnership between Canada and Turkey. asserted
he → meet → Canada
ISTANBUL - Prime Minister Mark Carney says a Canadian company’s bid to supply nuclear energy to Turkey has a real shot of winning the lucrative tender. But he says he probably wouldn’t have been singing the same tune a year ago. asserted
he → say → tune
Carney is meeting with Turkish business leaders in Istanbul today, a day after he announced a new strategic partnership between Canada and Turkey to deepen co-operation on a range of files. asserted
he → meet → files
Energy is one of the pillars of that agreement, and he says the AtkinsRéalis bid to supply two planned Turkish power plants with the Candu nuclear reactor now has “good chances” of succeeding. asserted
bid → say → chances
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW asserted
ARTICLE → continue → ?
Carney says there’s a compelling case to be made for the made-in-Canada nuclear technology and prospective partnerships with Turkish construction companies. asserted
Carney → say → companies
The prime minister says contract decisions are ultimately made business to business, but his role in Istanbul is to share how the Canadian market has evolved to be more welcoming to foreign firms and investors. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 23, 2026. asserted
report → say → Press
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