Fission impossible

The Ontario Government is vain enough to think it has made a decision to go nuclear. But let's get something straight. The only decision it can really control is the one to spend up to $40 bil to build and repair plants.

Actually going nuclear is quite another story. The fact is, if the Libs cancel a full-scale enviro and economic assessment and their plan goes ahead, taxpayer cash will be used to fund reactors that will end up auctioned off as cricket stadiums, tourist traps for jaunts through Ontario ghost towns or folk museums for Homer Simpson reruns and memorabilia.

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