Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for appearing before us here today. I, for one, encourage you to continue the approach you have been taking. Standing on a soapbox and screaming bloody murder or pounding fists on tables may make for good talking points and good politics, but it isn't necessarily outcome focused. What we really need to do is keep our eye on the prize and focus on getting the job done. I encourage you to keep doing what you're doing.
My questions today, Minister, will probably not be of any surprise to you. I get to represent a riding that is heavily invested in the nuclear industry. Cambridge has companies like BWXT and ATS, and I was very pleased to see our friend and colleague Wayne Long announce over $50 million in funding from the Government of Canada to develop spent fuel recycling technology and a molten salt reactor in Saint John, New Brunswick.
Can you inform this committee about how the recycling of spent fuel is key to the nuclear energy sector and the potential around small modular reactors?