Environment committee  I want to add that the comment earlier was that the focus seems to be unnecessarily on the adverse effects. Similar to what the CEA had to say in that regard, what we're advocating is that the focus isn't only on the adverse effects but also on the positive socio-economic benefit

Environment committee  Sorry, I just want to make one interjection here. I think we would largely agree with some of the sentiments expressed, but we do have the view within the Canadian Nuclear Association that the introduction in 2012 of a single authority to lead both the assessment and the licensin

Environment committee  I do. In that regard, approximately 50% of our long-term contractors and employees are residents of Saskatchewan's north. In that conversation, it is a long and challenging effort to get to that level of employment. However, we do look for opportunities to improve those numbers a

Environment committee  In that regard, I think we've had a long history of engaging with our local stakeholders and understanding their concerns. I think that the incorporation of that indigenous knowledge and the feedback from those communities is a big part of the shaping of the specific projects in

Environment committee  In that regard, I think some of the uncertainty that's been mapped out by our colleagues at the CEA and through the mining association.... I think we have a lot of experience on environmental assessment and the impacts and assessment of those. Some of these other factors are mo

Environment committee  Thanks. I would only add in that regard that good proponents have been carrying out those best practices and that early engagement for a good long period of time. It helps with project design and ultimately securing the support of the local stakeholders as well as the regulatory

Environment committee  Thank you, John. One specific amendment that the CNA would like to propose is on the multiple scoping phases in the proposed process. The planning phase was intended, in part, to improve certainty and predictability by determining the requirements that the proponent would have t