Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses. I wish we had more time. We'll have to get you back here to talk to the committee, because I think we have a lot to talk about.
If we had more time, obviously the small modular reactor is very important, the safety, the nuclear waste management.... I'd like to mention that Blind River has a strong proposal. It's one of those nine sites.
However, what I wanted to talk about is a bit broader, because we really have four groups here, which is fantastic. When we talk about international competition, we're tier one and we have to compete internationally. What I want to ask the group here is.... I'm hearing a lot about silos. You're different associations and working...but Mr. Barrett mentioned earlier about a council. We have some of these parallels in the mining industry with CEMI. We have parallels in the oil sands with COSIA, and they look at more of a cluster ecosystem. I know we've heard the term “cradle to grave”, and I don't like that term, but essentially an ecosystem that incorporates R and D, innovation, operation, commercialization, and the supply and services.
Obviously, Canada is a world leader, as you all mentioned. We have the uranium here with the mining, we have the technology, we have the innovation with the staff and employees, then we have the export. We are seen as very credible. How can we expand on the 60,000 jobs we have here in Canada by looking at more of a COSIA approach, more of a council approach, so that you look at that entire spectrum of services? How can we support that?
Mr. Barrett, do you want to start, or do others want to comment?