Thank you so much for the question. I could talk about nuclear all day.
As you guys probably know, the Athabasca basin in northern Saskatchewan—I'm from Saskatchewan—has probably the richest reserves of uranium in the world, and we have done quite a good job of involving indigenous communities in that. It can really fill the uranium and nuclear fuel needs, for generations and hundreds of years, of our allies and ourselves, so we have this incredible opportunity. I think perhaps there was some opposition or some hesitation from the federal government on nuclear, but not in recent months. Everything that has been coming out of NRCan and out of Canada in the last few months has been very positive for nuclear and has really positioned Canada to be a leader in that space.
In terms of small modular reactors, not only the federal government but also the provinces are leading the way. Private companies are leading the way too. Uranium company Cameco, along with Brookfield Renewable, recently bought Westinghouse, which is a major builder of reactors—small modular reactors as well as regular ones—so there are many positive things happening in Canada in the nuclear space, which I'm very proud and happy about.
The one thing the Americans are doing maybe a bit better than us or differently is supporting some direct subsidies to develop nuclear fuel capacity, especially when we think about energy security and helping our allies get off coal especially and heating oil and move to nuclear. To get away from dependence on Russia—Russia is the biggest supplier of nuclear fuel in the world—it's going to be very important for Canada and our partners to supply nuclear fuel ourselves. The U.S. Department of Energy has been supporting that, and it would be great if Canada could also do that so the supply chain wouldn't ultimately be decided by just the Americans.