Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister of Canada has announced today, in Shanghai, the sale of two Candu reactors to China.
As the Prime Minister said, this sale confirms Canada's leadership role in the area of nuclear technology.
This contract is a direct spinoff of the work done by Team Canada in 1994.
It is estimated that this $4 billion contract, including $1.5 billion in Canadian content, will generate direct and indirect jobs equivalent to 27,000 person-years in Canada over the next six years.
Here is another concrete measure that shows job creation is our government's number one priority.