Exactly.
That's what I asked Normand Mousseau, the scientific director of the Trottier Energy Institute. I wanted to get information about small modular reactors. He told me that the number of small modular reactors currently in operation is zero. I am telling you this because, in terms of all the energy modelling, all the new technologies that are being implemented, we need independent scientific committees.
I get the impression that this is sorely lacking at Natural Resources Canada, as it is for many people in the government, since they're quick to make promises around technology that are difficult to implement. I'm thinking of carbon capture and storage strategies.
Like me, you may have seen today that Capital Power, in Edmonton, is going to pull the plug on an investment that was supposed to be worth $2.4 billion because it's too costly.
My question is very simple. Does Natural Resources Canada have a scientific committee capable of analyzing these technologies as well as their potential?