Natural Resources committee  I might just pass it over to Shirley to talk a little bit about what the CNSC is doing, but off the top, I would say that the safety of Canada's nuclear facilities, of our regime.... We're known and renowned as being the top nuclear regulator in the world, and we continue to focus on that, particularly as we're looking at continuing to manage the nuclear that we have and considering the opportunities to deploy nuclear to look at clean baseload power across Canada to support our net-zero and decarbonization objectives.

Natural Resources committee  That's a big world. Canada released the small modular reactor action plan as an opportunity to talk about how we could figure out what the art of the possible is. It wasn't a federal-only strategy; it was working with provinces, indigenous groups, civil societies, university scientists.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Those are programs that support rural, remote and indigenous communities in getting off diesel in their communities. That program has been around for awhile. I'm going to forget the number off the top of my head. We have been successful in setting up clean energy projects that support that commitment of getting off diesel.

Natural Resources committee  I'm sure that in our terms and conditions we have a definition of “rural”. I can ask one of my colleagues on the line to jump in or I can follow up with the committee, if that's helpful.

Natural Resources committee  Christina, can I ask you to jump in on that?

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. With the letters, the challenges and what you are hearing, I'm very empathetic to the folks in your community. This is on our radar and it's something we're considering a lot in terms of what the opportunities are. We know that it's not going to be possible to move jobs from one urban centre to a rural centre, but in looking at the opportunities in terms of clean technology, biomass and other projects, we are spending a lot of time considering what can be done and what the opportunities are.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don't have the data on the number of programs here, but we are able to get back to you on that.

Natural Resources committee  Perhaps I can ask our ADM of the Canadian forest service, Glenn Hargrove, to speak to that.

Natural Resources committee  I apologize. I missed the end of it. Was that for the spruce budworm or the mountain pine beetle?

Natural Resources committee  We'll have to get back to you.