Madam Speaker, it is interesting to hear the member talk about a fox in the henhouse when the NDP's supply and confidence agreement with the Liberals has allowed the foxes to be in charge of the henhouse for the last two and a half years in their coalition.
I really do believe that nuclear is an important part of our energy mix that is required with everything that we are doing, not just in reducing emissions but also in ensuring that we have a robust and diverse energy supply out there to do everything from powering our laptops and iPhones, to continuing to electrify with more and more vehicles.
We know that renewables like hydro, which we have an abundance of in Manitoba, are not available to everyone out there. If we are going to provide clean energy to small communities, northern communities and remote communities, SMRs are the way to go.
In my riding, we have Whiteshell Laboratories. It is being decommissioned. It is safely disposing of all that nuclear-contaminated waste there, incinerating it and then entombing it. Nobody in the area is one bit concerned about it.
Does the member support the development of small modular nuclear reactors as a way to bring more energy to communities right now that are reliant upon diesel generation, as well as provide that diversity in energy that we need to keep Canada going toward green?