The decision is an important first step toward planning the deployment of a small nuclear reactor.

The development for qualified immigrant engineers will help fill roughly 7,000 vacant positions in Ontario, said Labour Minister Monte McNaughton. 

The Ontario government has committed to spend an additional $12.5 million to bolster service delivery at the province’s six health and safety associations.

The federal government says the plant will generate around $200 billion in value for the region. Neighbours say their concerns about the proposed site have not been addressed.

Ontario is offering more money in a bid to keep automaker Stellantis from pulling out of building an electric-vehicle battery plant in Windsor.