It’s still kinda comparable:

According to that analysis, providing a similar level of base power as the SMRs by building wind and solar power with battery energy storage would cost in the range of 13.5 to 18.4 cents per kWh

At the lower end of the estimate, at least.

Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault has asked for a complete review of the controls in place to ensure that a similar situation does not happen again, Elections Canada said.

“My commitment to candidates, political parties and Canadians is that when issues related to the delivery of an election arise, we take all necessary steps to resolve them,” Perrault said in a news release.

I generally get angy at this kind of fuckup, but Elections Canada staff have repeatedly shown themselves to operate in good faith and try to do their best to support the electoral system.

As such, I’m fairly confident that was human error, and the result of not following procedures. I look forward to their report and implementation of effective fixes.

I’m not pro-nuclear, but the baseload argument is compelling. We clearly need both more renewables, but sprinkling a few SMRs throughout the system seems to be a pretty good idea - especially if we don’t want to integrate with the US grids.

The article mentions that IF it comes in on budget

That’s one of the big ifs. It’s new technology (kind of), so I’ll be surprised if there aren’t some overruns.

That’s the key here - the Liberals under Trudeau waited too long to move on affordability, and then they didn’t do enough. I hope Carney & co can show quick improvements in housing so the CPC is less attractive.