Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thanks to the witnesses for being here today.
Ms. Velshi, you had mentioned the CNSC framework was also aligned with international standards and best practices. And, of course, we heard testimony from Mr. Dermarkar saying the International Energy Agency wrote a country report for Canada that “encouraged Canada to help the rest of the world pursue nuclear through both SMRs and CANDU technology, because they see Canada as a tier-one nuclear nation.”
Could you talk a bit more about where Canada might be able to take the lead on innovation in nuclear energy? I know there was a discussion earlier about the deep geological depositories and the fact there are best practices internationally.
We've had discussions on glaciation and so on. I know that sounds farfetched. However, if you're talking about something that's tens of thousands of years down the road, you have to think about that. We've done so many things in Canada that are world class, whether it be our renewable resources or our nonrenewable resources. I wonder if you could just speak to where we actually lead in nuclear energy in the world.