The winner needs to be a ready for the Artic boat, I'm against non nuclear boats for the region, as an ex Brit submariner, I can tell you that cold seas sap the morale of the crew fast on diesel boats.
BC.has the Pacific coast, 16 Mwh offshore floating wind turbines are a thing, out there working today. Vastly cheaper then a northern dam or ? Join the 21st century , Denmark and, the UK some days run 100% on wind. Mega batteries are a thing too. Ask Australia.
There are hundreds of thousands of rural properties out there on wells, a good portion have water quality issues, do you think the Feds will help them, quit your whining chief and, get a loan, pay it off with our tax funds you recieve.