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Making the Right Choice for Pickering’s Waterfront

2022-08-24T14:57:26-04:00October 25, 2019|

The Pickering Nuclear Station takes up 600 acres of prime waterfront real estate in the City of Pickering.  When North America’s 3rd oldest nuclear station closes in 2024, this means that there will be an exciting chance for the people of Pickering to revitalize their waterfront – and their community.

Premier Ford: Cut my bill!

2019-05-24T09:40:12-04:00April 30, 2019|

Premier Ford has pledged to cut our hydro bills by 12%. Here's how he can do it: Buy low-cost water power from our neighbours in Quebec. Quebec has a huge power surplus and is eager to sell more electricity to Ontario. In fact, it has offered to sell us lots of electricity at less than one-third the price of re-building the aging Darlington Nuclear Station. The difference is billions of dollars.

A Fukushima-level Nuclear Disaster at Pickering

2022-01-13T15:35:24-05:00March 10, 2018|

This expert report finds that a Fukushima-level disaster at the Pickering Nuclear plant would result in an estimated 26,000 cancer cases, of which roughly half would be fatal.  Large areas of the Greater Toronto Area would need to be evacuated and would become uninhabitable in some cases for 100 years or more. 

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