Corporate lobbying heats up around governments’ nuclear power plans despite concerns from anti-nuclear advocates

On January 20, 2020, at 7:23 am, thousands of residents in the Greater Toronto Area were awoken by a blaring alert from their phones.

“EMERGENCY ALERT,” read the notification. “An incident was reported at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station,” referring to a nuclear power plant about 30 km east of downtown Toronto.