Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, Minister. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for being here today.
I want to thank the department and you, Minister, for tabling this bill, because I do agree with you. It is time to modernize and update that act. I'm looking forward to listening and hearing from stakeholders when they come in front of this committee and share their feedback and input on this bill to see if there is a need for some changes or not.
In general I agree with you. The bill is doing some housecleaning that needed to be done, especially at this time. I think the need for nuclear energy is rising and we're having this discussion domestically and internationally. I think it's timely, given the fact that producers and consumers are looking to a much more stable and predictable system.
I want to take this opportunity and ask you about the global nuclear energy partnership. Ever since the Prime Minister in 2006 publicly expressed enthusiasm about this partnership, we have heard practically nothing from the government about the direction it wants to take with this partnership. I want to take this opportunity and ask you on behalf of yourself and your government what the government's position on GNEP is.