Dutton praises Canada to sell nuclear plan. But does Ontario really have cheaper power?

The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station on the north shore of Lake Ontario in Canada. Photograph: jameslee999/Getty Images/iStockphoto

There’s a community in Ontario called Dutton which, right now, seems appropriate given the number of times Peter Dutton has name-checked the Canadian province over the last 12 months.

In dozens of media interviews and speeches, Dutton (the opposition leader, not the township) has said Ontarians are getting cheap electricity because of their 20 nuclear reactors.