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Natural Resources committee This is a nice question. At SNC-Lavalin, we're involved in pretty much all fields of supply, including coal, wind, hydro, and nuclear. We strongly think it's good to have a balanced mix of energy that includes hydro, nuclear, coal, wind, and solar. Unfortunately, we don't think
October 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Lamarre
Natural Resources committee It's a very good point. As part of our international marketing and as part of the prospects we're talking about, if we look at Turkey, Jordan, and other countries such as Poland, they're all very interested exactly for that reason: not to be so dependent on the supply of fuel, wh
October 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Lamarre
Natural Resources committee In the first case--why do we think it's safe?--look at the history. Look at the CANDUs that have been built in Canada for the past 30-some years and that are operational. You can look at what's been built in Argentina, in Romania, and even the ones in India. The track record is t
October 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Lamarre
Natural Resources committee Our recommendation, of course, is for every nuclear technology company in the world to receive government support in order to develop its international relations and continue to develop. That is what the federal government is doing at present through the Department of Foreign Aff
October 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Lamarre
Natural Resources committee Could you repeat the question?
October 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Lamarre
Natural Resources committee The other major technology providers.... You have AREVA and Westinghouse, which are basically the two biggest ones in the world. You have GE Hitachi. What is forecasted in the situation...and I'll make a parallel to the Inco acquisition. When you have a foreigner coming in and ta
October 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Lamarre
Natural Resources committee The preoccupation is what has been happening historically, and it is a concern to us.
October 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Lamarre
Natural Resources committee Good afternoon. Thank you for this opportunity to present SNC-Lavalin's views on the nuclear industry in Canada. First, I will give a brief introduction of SNC-Lavalin; second, I will talk about the ongoing SNC-Lavalin involvement with AECL and the other nuclear projects; and t
October 26th, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Lamarre