I'll first reflect on the remarkable decarbonization of Ontario's electricity grids.
When we closed down coal-fired plants, nuclear was responsible for replacing 89% of the electricity created by them with clean, non-emitting baseload power. It's a real asset to this country.
Regarding the affordability of nuclear, I would point out that in the Ontario context, nuclear is the second-lowest cost electricity in the province next to water power—hydroelectricity. The $26-billion refurbishment of the plants in Ontario, which has been under way now for five years and has another five years or so to go, is ahead of schedule and on budget. It will be delivering cost-competitive electricity, which we have in this province, well into the 2060s. It's a really important cornerstone for providing the clean baseload power that you speak of.
On the baseload question, Ms. Dabrusin, I referenced in my remarks that we are going to require an extra 100 gigawatts of new baseload, non-emitting power. As a nation, we have to ask ourselves where that power is going to come from. We've been blessed with water power for many decades. However, now, with a need for doubling or tripling the amount of electricity we have, ensuring that it's completely emissions-free and getting baseload power, we don't have the luxury of access to water power going forward. Nuclear is going to play a really important part there.