I strongly support reducing…

I strongly support reducing our dependency on nuclear on Ontario and moving toward 100% renewable energy as quickly as possible. Nuclear is not safe. Pickering and Bruce reactors sitting right beside the Great Lakes and such high populations in cities along the Great Lakes is insane. The increasing amount of toxic waste from these plants means that our grandchildren and great grandchildren for many generations into the future will be paying the price for our energy use today by having to manage this waste for hundreds of years. Uranium from its first disturbance in the ground as it is mined through its use in reactors to its post-reactor use is a dangerous material that produces hugh risk throughout its life cycle. There are far safer and more secure alternatives today.  Let's leave uranium undisturbed in the ground.

Financially uranium and nuclear reactors are incredibly expensive and irresponsible. World-wide, nuclear reactors cost billions of dollars to build, have always taken longer than predicted to build, and cost billions more than expected. And that is even without the financial cost of dealing with post-use toxic waste for hundreds of years into the future! And that does not include the cost of insurance and clean-up in case of accident! Nuclear compared to renewables is far too costly, carries too high risks, and passes too high a burden on to future generations.

Aging nuclear reactors need to be closed down and the shift to renewable energy technologies speeded up. That is what I hope for Ontario. That is what I want for my own future and most definitely for my children's future in this province.

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