Plan priority 04

Wesleyville on Port Hope's Terms

Wesleyville is a generational opportunity Port Hope should pursue. Jordan will use Port Hope's leverage to protect local finances, plan infrastructure and emergency readiness, and secure durable community value.

Secure the opportunity and protect Port Hope

Jordan supports new nuclear development at Wesleyville. He will use Port Hope's support and leverage to negotiate a binding local agreement that protects taxpayers, funds project-driven municipal needs and includes a fully funded Port Hope Energy Dividend.

The short version

At a glance

What I’ll do first

Establish municipal cost, capacity and emergency-readiness baselines before Port Hope signs final agreements or accepts project-driven municipal obligations.
Negotiate a binding and public Host Municipal Agreement.
Create transparent workforce, supplier and community-benefit reporting.
Require a staged, directly funded Energy Dividend in the final Host Municipal Agreement Jordan will support, with the first stage beginning immediately when the agreement is signed and the required first-year funding and 24-month reserve are secured.

What it costs

OPG, the Province and the project structure should make fair upfront and ongoing contributions toward reasonably attributable project-driven municipal costs and protect existing taxpayers.

How you can check

Project-driven municipal costs are fairly funded.
Infrastructure and emergency-readiness milestones are completed before capacity is exceeded.
Local workers and suppliers can see and access real opportunities.
Agreements, audits, risks and unresolved conditions are publicly reported.
Energy Dividend funding deposited, reserve coverage maintained and eligible households paid on schedule.

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The Port Hope Energy Dividend

A staged annual rebate paid directly to eligible Port Hope households and funded through a binding project agreement, not through property taxes.

See how the Energy Dividend would work

$500: Development-stage annual household target
$1,000: Major-construction annual household target
$1,500: Generation-stage annual household target

Jordan’s commitment

The project agreement should cover project-driven costs and protect existing taxpayers.

What I'll do

Concrete commitments

Publish municipal cost and capacity baselines before Port Hope signs final agreements or accepts project-driven municipal obligations
Seek advance funding for roads, water, wastewater, stormwater, fire, emergency planning, recreation and administrative capacity driven by the project
Require direct household rebates of up to $500 annually during development, up to $1,000 during major construction and up to $1,500 once electricity generation begins in the final Host Municipal Agreement Jordan will support.
Require lifecycle funding, escalation clauses, audit rights, public reporting and dispute mechanisms
Create lawful local training and procurement pathways
Plan housing and growth so the whole municipality benefits, including Ward 2

What I support

New nuclear generation at Wesleyville with full regulatory oversight
A binding Host Municipal Agreement requiring fair contributions toward reasonably attributable project-driven municipal costs
A direct and fully pre-funded household benefit in addition to infrastructure, emergency-readiness and municipal revenue agreements
Local workforce pathways, supplier access and transparent community-benefit commitments
Independent municipal capacity to scrutinize agreements and project impacts

Standards I'll apply

Use transparent, measurable agreements tied to municipal costs and community benefits
Protect municipal capacity before growth pressures arrive
Keep nuclear safety and licensing with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission while Port Hope owns local readiness
Sequence housing, roads, emergency services and community infrastructure with growth

Details and trade-offsHow the position works

Host Community and Infrastructure Agreement

Seek a binding agreement with milestone-based upfront infrastructure contributions and ongoing host-community payments.

Roads, traffic, water, wastewater and stormwater
Fire, emergency planning, equipment and exercises
Municipal staffing, planning, technical and legal review
Environmental monitoring, public consultation and long-term operations
Escalation clauses, audit rights, public reporting and dispute resolution

Safety, preparedness and oversight

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission decides whether the project meets nuclear safety and licensing requirements, while the federal impact-assessment process addresses broader project effects. Filing nomination papers does not make any of us nuclear scientists. The mayor's job is to ask hard questions, demand clear public answers, maintain local emergency readiness and represent Port Hope in the process, not pretend to personally replace the regulator.

Regular emergency exercises
Plain-language monitoring and regulatory reporting
Corrective-action tracking and a community liaison process
Protection for genuinely sensitive security information

Local workforce and suppliers

Negotiate a lawful workforce plan with occupation forecasts, apprenticeships, partnerships, supplier development and public reporting.

Occupation forecasts and recruitment plans
Apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships and paid co-ops or placements
Education, labour and training partnerships
Supplier development and permitted local targets
Public hiring, training and procurement reporting

In practice

A permanent infrastructure legacy

Project-funded upgrades should be designed for the community's long-term use, not only the construction period. Agreements must distinguish immediate construction pressure from permanent operating needs and fund both fairly.

Establish costs early, negotiate from evidence, avoid relying on hoped-for future assessment growth and report publicly on outstanding requirements.

What an honest decision must include

The project can create jobs and tax base while also increasing service, housing and infrastructure pressure
Independent technical and legal advice costs money but protects the municipality in a high-stakes negotiation
Some growth will be necessary, but it must be sequenced with capacity

ResponsibilityWho is responsible

Responsibility sets the route to action. Jordan will keep the file moving until residents have a clear answer.

Port Hope controls

Municipal services, local infrastructure, land-use decisions within municipal authority
Local emergency readiness and municipal agreements
Public reporting on local costs, benefits and unresolved conditions

Cooperation required

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission regulation
Ontario Power Generation and provincial energy decisions
Federal, provincial, County, education, labour and industry partners

Measure progressHow you can check the result

Reasonably attributable municipal project costs fairly funded
Agreement obligations completed on time
Energy Dividend funding deposited, reserve coverage maintained and eligible households paid on schedule
Local workers trained and local suppliers participating
Housing, traffic, infrastructure and emergency-readiness milestones
Public reports, audits, unresolved risks and regulatory milestones

Official sourcesRead the public record

How I'll Govern

Related infrastructure plan

Wesleyville must strengthen Port Hope's infrastructure position

Project-driven roads, utilities, emergency readiness, administrative capacity and community infrastructure should be funded fairly through binding agreements rather than shifted onto existing taxpayers.

See the outside-funding plan

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