Just to follow on that, we have the SMR Action Plan in place, which is excellent. I think the scale of what's required, the staggering scale truly of the number of power plants we need to build, really means that we cannot abandon our CANDU technology, which, in the words of Seamus O'Regan, is a “gold standard” reactor around the world.
First off, we're into refurbishments, which is excellent. It positions Canada very well. Many other western countries have had troubles with new build in the last 20 years, and it's because they had an atrophied workforce and they were experimenting with new designs. We have a design that we're intimately familiar with, thanks to the refurbishment and an excellent tuned-up workforce ready to go.
In terms of federally how we can support the provinces—building power generation is a provincial jurisdiction—I really think this needs to be a subject of some form of parliamentary inquiry, because this is a staggering challenge.
In World War II I think we started 17 Crown corporations and we built more armoured vehicles than the Axis allies combined. We talk about the need for World War II level mobilizations. Federal governments have been involved in energy before. We have, unfortunately, bailed out things like hydro dams. The federal government bought the TMX pipeline. We have a percentage of the Hibernia oil fields. It's time to make those kinds of investments in nuclear, which is really what can deliver both effective deep decarbonization, as we proved here in Ontario, and a just transition, as I hope that we have demonstrated.