Posted on 21/07/08
Please, not a Prairie Springfield
Saskatchewan successfully faced its first energy crisis in 1949 when NDP premier Tommy Douglas implemented the rural electrification program.Almost 60 years later, my province thinks it has an alternative to the three coal-fired generators that illuminate its farm kitchens and offices. In a controversial move this June, the governing Saskatchewan Party put out the welcome mat for the Ontario nuclear power company Bruce Power. The firm has lobbied Saskatchewan hard - using climate change as its sales angle - to consider nuclear power and was given the go-ahead to crunch the numbers to see how nuclear energy can be "integrated into the province's energy mix."
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