Election 2024: All-of-the-above energy strategy, no changes to royalties: New Democratic Party
This is the third in a series of in-depth interviews with the parties vying for the Saskatchewan election. In it, NDP Energy Critic Aleana Young speaks about the NDP’s all-of-the-above energy strategy.
The greatest threat to nuclear development is not technological or even financial – it’s change in government. This was evident with the Site C Dam in BC, where a new NDP government pumped the brakes, but then ultimately went ahead with it. The NDP in Saskatchewan continue to support nuclear power development, but “we have to get it right.”
As I’ve done with the other parties, I reproduced everything I could find in the party platform related to energy. Well, the terms “oil” “natural gas” “potash” “critical minerals” “SMR” “nuclear” or “electricity” are not referenced within the document. But “healthcare” comes up 35 times.
Friday will be the Buffalo Party. So far, I have not heard from the Greens, PCs or Progressives. Wonder why? Is anyone else writing 3200 word stories on their energy policies?
On a side note, I attended a three hour long Estevan city council/mayor town hall this evening. It took 2 hours and 25 minutes before anyone made any serious comments about coal. That was right before I got my chance to ask about dealing with the impending eventual shut down of coal-fired power generation, but also preparing the city for nuclear power. Amazingly, about half of the 13 people on stage really had no substantive answer on that front, and several had no clue or hadn’t thought of it. You would think that would be the most important issue facing this city – much more important than sidewalks or boulevard flowers (which got more discussion up until that point than coal or nuclear). Especially since the nuclear built out will be the most costly infrastructure project in Saskatchewan history to date. (If I attend a forum like this, you can be damned sure I’m going to ask the toughest questions.)
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So the I know everything about sidewalks and stop signs disease also affects councillors on the Prairies and not just Ontario
Yeah don’t expect them to know much about their city’s debt rating or how the grid’s reliability and balancing gets precarious with more solar panels or windmills. Important but oh way too complicated.
Yet they are so insecure and thus full enough of themselves to keep talking ad nauseam about nothing to try and be impressive. And then in the next breath say they will cure homelessness.
Seinfeld’s show was popular because people wanted to be stuporred by watching vapid thought.
And they are allowed to vote. (TM)
There are sidewalks in Estevan??? You sure?
The underlying problem continues to be that everyone continues to pretend CO2 is bad for the planet, and acts as a thermostat for it, which is a transparent lie.
Hope the buffaloes step up and separate themselves from the crowd on this.
Validating climate change is just as absurd as validating mutilating children on the altar of trans, as parroting the mantra diversity is our strength, or cbdcs are a wonderful convenient replacement for cash.
“The greatest threat to nuclear development is not technological or even financial – it’s change in government.”
The greatest threat to humanity is government, period. One shouldn’t encourage local politicians to engage in anything beyond sewer, water, and garbage as they end up like Calgary – declaring a climate emergency as their infrastructure wears out.
Totally agree. All levels of government (there are too many) should stick to their prescribed knitting, full stop!