Can We Afford Ford’s Costly Nuclear Buildout?

This episode of Planet Haliburton takes a hard look at Premier Doug Ford’s massive new $300 - $400 billion expansion of nuclear power while tax and ratepayers are still paying off the debt from the last one. That 1980s-1990s nuclear build-out came close to bankrupting Ontario Hydro, resulting in its breakup up and partial privatization. Electricity rates are already being dramatically increased as Ford passes the interest costs associated with his nuclear expansion program directly onto our electrical bills - before his new reactors even start generating power. With renewable energy costs falling to a fraction of the cost of nuclear while the climate emergency gets worse by the day, me and my guest, “Seniors for Climate Action Now SCAN!)” energy analyst, David Roberston, ask “Can We Afford Ford’s Costly Nuclear Buildout?”