Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
You told us, Mr. Wallace, that nuclear energy produces almost no GHG emissions. According to the information we have, it takes about 10 years to build a new nuclear power plant in Canada, because of all the tests that have to be done, and so on. So we could not actually use nuclear energy to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions until 2020. Building or refurbishing nuclear power plants has no immediate consequences; we're talking rather about the long-term impact. Using nuclear energy will not help us meet our Kyoto targets.
You spoke about the need for nuclear energy in Canada. Is the intention to increase the number of nuclear power stations or to modernize those we have already? I am not including the idea of using a reactor in the tar sands.