International Trade committee  Yes, absolutely. I think the opportunity for northern communities and indigenous communities in northern Ontario but also beyond will be on what makes sense for them, right? They'll be taking a look at multiple technologies. One might be a very small reactor, and there are some that will be coming onto the market that could be applicable to them.

International Trade committee  There would be questions we would have. We're particularly interested, obviously, in the supply chain for uranium export and other technologies that we would be able to support.

International Trade committee  Have we been contacted directly? I'm not familiar with that, no.

International Trade committee  Thank you for the question. With regard to India specifically, we're obviously quite aware that certain discussions are occurring. We've had much more robust conversations, particularly with regard to eastern European countries, which are particularly interested in Canadian knowledge and know-how.

International Trade committee  Germany is not interested in acquiring nuclear technologies, but in terms of the regulatory discussions, those are being driven by the CNSC in those international arenas, particularly at the IAEA, another collaboration that it's undertaking. As I said, it's going very well. They're doing very good work.

International Trade committee  Including nuclear in the definition of clean and green is occurring, and in the announcement of this federal budget, the government indicated that's an area they're going to be looking at as well, but there is again this international trend. You mentioned the U.K., which is clearly including nuclear in its green definitions, and there's the EU, which has also modified its taxonomy to sort of enable it.

International Trade committee  It's not there yet.

International Trade committee  No. That really wouldn't be the environment that I believe that these discussions would occur in. I think the CNSC has done a super job in terms of President Velshi having discussions at the IAEA in Vienna, where the international regulators come together and talk about their issues.

International Trade committee  I'll take it. I'll start. Obviously, the federal budget tabled by the Deputy Prime Minister was very significant in terms of setting the stage for continued growth and the acceleration of growth in the nuclear industry in Canada—as you pointed out—in areas like the investment tax credit and the inclusions.

International Trade committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you very much to all the members here for the opportunity to speak with you today and appear before the committee. On behalf of the Canadian Nuclear Association, first I'd like to acknowledge we're on the historical territory of the Algonquin. On behalf of the nuclear industry, I'd really like to thank the committee again for this opportunity.