Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
We will be opposing this amendment. I do like that nuclear energy has been included in the content section, line (c). We certainly look at net-zero emissions or zero emissions when we look at nuclear energy, especially CANDU, Canadian nuclear energy. It is probably one of the top reasons we can find net-zero emissions, especially when that's combined with a need for energy and power as a whole. When we look across the world, we see that CANDU continues to be the pillar for nuclear energy, not only with the technology that we've had for many decades but also with the new modular nuclear reactor technology that's being developed in Saskatchewan and in the Prairies specifically. Some of that technology is being developed in Ontario—which is, of course, fantastic—and in the Prairies, more importantly, because of the work in Saskatchewan and Saskatoon.
When we've studied this in the science and research committee—and we've had quite a few studies on nuclear technology—every expert talks about two things. Number one is the need for three times as much energy in our grid by 2030, and number two is that nuclear power is the only way that we're going to be able to achieve that with a sort of net emissions base. If we remove nuclear energy from that, every expert has testified that there's no real clean way to add power that goes to people's homes to power them and allows people to heat their homes during the winter, when it can be quite cold, I hear, in the Prairies.
Canada is looking at lowering emissions and providing that technology across the world, and I think our nuclear energy and nuclear modular reactors and our CANDU energy are some things that the European Union is looking at right now. From an innovation and industry perspective, it's also something that we can export, meaning it does increase jobs and GDP and the supportive outcomes.
However, I think the premise of this is very much.... It can be debated. Nuclear is absolutely a green technology because it does remove emissions. When we look across the world at nations like China that are burning coal in their power plants, we see that nuclear technology is the only answer to respond to massive amounts of energy need and to reduce emissions.
On that note, we will be opposing this amendment.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.