Our coalition that produced our economic blueprint looked at all of the avenues for development that we thought would support our economy and create jobs.
We did look at nuclear. We brought in a bunch of experts to give us advice. We chose not to put it in our final report as a pathway for development, because we didn't think it could be deployed fast enough to address climate concerns. It would create a lot of jobs in construction—there's absolutely no doubt about that—and a lot of good jobs in ongoing operations. Obviously, we're not opposed to that, but this is a very long-term solution. We're talking decades, whereas renewable energy projects can be developed and deployed much more quickly. We already have—well, we had—a large and thriving renewable energy industry.
On balance, we thought that if we wanted to move quickly—which we'll have to do in terms of the climate emergency and our ability to keep up with the unfolding energy transition—supporting our existing oil and gas industry to pivot towards materials that support renewable energy and building out our electrical infrastructure.... Those things were all higher on our priority list.
I'd point out that the Alberta business community put out similar reports to the labour community and came to exactly the same conclusions.