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.

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 setti

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 g

Natural Resources committee  We know that the fastest way for us to achieve our goals with respect to economic prosperity and energy security and the environment, and the fastest way to get things done is by getting projects built and getting them built quickly. We are focused, as the minister said, on havi

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 focu

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 sc

Natural Resources committee  For folks who haven't had an opportunity to learn about the NWMO, I would encourage you to do so, given their engagement process, which really starts with the reverse onus, asking people if they want the site, and if they do want the site, to opt in as opposed to pushing it on ot

Natural Resources committee  Under the taxonomy from the European Union, they have classified it as clean energy as well.

Natural Resources committee  Nuclear is part of the energy mix and, when we're looking at decarbonization of Canada's energy system, nuclear is one of the pathways we are considering.

Natural Resources committee  To my knowledge, conversations have begun with the Province of Quebec, but a table isn't formally established yet.