On getting value

As a follow-up to yesterday's post, Ontario Energy Minister Dwight Duncan has joined the chorus saying that AECL won't receive any preference in the bidding to build the province's new nuclear reactors, and that he'll instead look to secure the best possible deal for the province. Which on its own would be a positive development. But wouldn't it be all the better if Ontario had applied the same principle to its choice of sources to begin with?