The National Post reports in its Friday edition that Atkinsrealis is looking for as much as $75-million in annual funding for its Candu reactor program. The Post's Ryan Tumilty writes that it is a push to get both provincial governments and the federal government to back a new, more powerful Candu nuclear reactor that could be built both home and abroad. The lobbying effort, started earlier this year, has recruited other engineering and construction firms, local unions and other groups to advocate for government support of the made-in-Canada reactor. The co-chairs of the campaign are former prime minister Jean Chrétien and Ontario premier Mike Harris. Atkinsrealis's Gary Rose said the company wants Canadians to be aware of the potential. "The campaign is really all about promoting Candu, the fact that Canada owns a world-class nuclear technology," he said. Atkinsrealis holds the licence for Candu reactors which were first developed in the 1950s by the Canadian government. All of Canada's current nuclear reactors are Candu models including three large plants in Ontario that supply more than half of the province with climate-friendly electricity. The reactors have also been built in Romania, China, Argentina and India.