To be fair, Bob had the NDP yokels around his neck, the spen D Pers could drive any man to wrack up the debt.
If he had any real choice, I don't think they would have wasted money on building a transmission line down the west side of the province when you are trying to send the power to the east.
George on the other hand, seems to have the math down quite well. The shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line. In his case it seems to be straight down. :(
Along with all of our investments.