Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank all three presenters for your presentations today and for the information that you've been able to provide to the committee in terms of what's happening around energy development in Canada.
I will tell you a little about me. I'm from the subarctic region of Canada, from Labrador. Of course, we're home to some of the largest hydro development projects in the world today. Ironically, we're also home to some of the most dependent communities on diesel-generated power, including industry using diesel-generated power. I have a vested interest in many ways in terms of how we move forward with power grids in Canada that are going to help us reach out to the industry, communities, and individuals who need them.
I'm going to start my questioning today with Mr. Coupland, if you don't mind. First, I want to say to you that I am a supporter of uranium mining. I voted to support uranium mining in Labrador in the provincial legislature and so did the indigenous people whom I represent. In addition to that, I'm a big supporter of nuclear generation of power and especially of the work that you guys have done around medical isotopes and the work around cobalt-60, which I believe is helping change not just the Canadian economy and how we do and deal with medical services but the whole world is watching us right now and learning from the examples that we've set. I'm a cancer survivor, so I'm very prone to what's happening in this side of the business. I wanted to preface my comments with that.
As a government we have worked very hard to try to set the right framework for energy expansion, development, intergrid operations, and energy corridors in Canada. As a person who's in the business, is involved with building new grids, providing supply in Canada, how do we as a government that's very much committed to this process help make sure that we can strengthen the process as it goes along but also to ensure that there is reliable and stable generation of power for people across the country?