This analysis is missing that Quebec doesn't have any nuclear plants. (Although NB has one, which counts for half?)
Quebec's geography is so favorable for hydropower that they don't need nuclear, or any other source of electricity.
Quebec has one they shut it down, hydro Quebec is a hydro power company not a nuclear power company
Well there goes that theory.
AtkinsRéalis (fka SNC-Lavalin) does build nuclear reactors and is headquartered in Montreal[0].
[0] https://www.atkinsrealis.com/en/markets-and-services/markets...