Industry committee  Economic diversification is important, but, to extend your metaphor a bit, I would say that “skating to where the puck is going” doesn't necessarily mean you need to put what you're doing on the bench. It can mean looking at the industries you currently have in a province, or a c

Industry committee  Thank you. I have a slightly different take on this question. Some of our partner communities where we operate are fly-in, fly-out communities. Public transit in that context is, in fact, a road to connect them to the south, to health services, groceries and all of those things

Industry committee  We don't know yet. We have not attempted to put a project through the impact assessment process, so it is hard for us to comment. We are very carefully watching other companies that are making their way through the process to see if the timelines are met, but from Cameco's perspe

Industry committee  Perhaps I misinterpreted the bill. I saw this as a time-limited process to develop a framework for a green economy in the Prairies and that it would not add a significant amount of bureaucratic oversight, but I will take another look at the bill. As I said earlier, any time the

Industry committee  I would think so. When I said that, I was looking at subclause 4(1), which reads, “Within 18 months after the day on which this Act comes into force, the Minister must prepare a report”. That was the time limit that I was considering in terms of the time-limited nature of this.

Industry committee  I would see this as an additional consultation process to what we're already doing.

Industry committee  No, not necessarily. I wouldn't see this as adding to any project timeline. We would be concurrently looking at projects while this bill or the framework was being developed, so I don't see this as cumulative. I would certainly see it as concurrent timing in terms of whatever it

Industry committee  Just very quickly, the green economy is important not only in the Prairies but also across the country. The more carbon we can remove from our economy, the more global opportunities will be available to us. In terms of transportation, we're a trading nation. We need to be able t

Industry committee  Yes. For the most part, we would consult in particular with our partner communities in northern Saskatchewan, but with other interested parties as well.

Industry committee  As I said, it most likely would be with our indigenous community. We would talk to the regulator, both provincial and federal, and an open consultation process goes along with that sort of regulatory siting process.

Industry committee  Yes, that is correct.

Industry committee  Yes, it is part of the duty to consult, but we were engaged in discussions and consultations with our indigenous partners before it became part of the law. It is part of how we do business in northern Saskatchewan.

Industry committee  I wouldn't say it's required. It is certainly required from a company perspective. As part of the regulatory process, there is an opportunity for any engaged group to participate in that regulatory process, which is run by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

Industry committee  It's hard to put a hard number on it. We would engage in discussions and consultations as long as they were required to make sure that our partner communities, in particular, are comfortable with the project that we are putting forward.

Industry committee  What I would say to those people is that here in Ontario, where this meeting is taking place, nuclear energy replaced coal as one of the major electricity producers in this province. During that transition from coal to nuclear, the number of smog days in Toronto went from roughly