Nuclear Energy in BC

Whereas local governments across the Province of BC have declared climate emergencies and nuclear energy is a greenhouse gas free source of electricity; And whereas BC Hydro has put out a call for electricity production, the first time it has done so in over a decade: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM lobby the provincial government to review the Clean Energy Act, specifically to study the feasibility of a reversal on the current prohibition on nuclear energy in support of electricity production and reduction of greenhouse gas production in British Columbia.