Science and Research committee  You're right. The Pickering nuclear plants are scheduled for retirement mid-decade. Given the amount of electricity they produce, it's going to be a tough gap to fill. Small modular reactors, even these first ones that Ontario Power Generation is bringing to Ontario to connect to

Science and Research committee  I would start by saying that the speed at which we're seeing all clean-energy technologies evolve in the face of this climate crisis is enormous. The cycles for development are urgent right now. That's why you're seeing such fast development. The CER, until this very first year,

Science and Research committee  Things have just changed very dramatically. We can expect future change that's hard to forecast and predict.

Science and Research committee  Through you, Madam Chair, I think the short answer is that we need absolutely every clean energy technology that is on the table now—so conventional, nuclear, water, solar, wind and short-term battery storage—and that is available now. We have to deploy, deploy, deploy, but we al

Science and Research committee  I would like to start by saying that the nuclear industry writ large, not just our utilities here in Ontario, New Brunswick and across the country but other parts of the industry, such as Cameco, are some of the most active partners with the indigenous people. The nuclear industr

Science and Research committee  Through you, Madam Chair, I thank Mr. Blanchette‑Joncas for his question. I think that's a very fair comment. Small modular reactors, the first of their kind, are being deployed only now, and the first ones, as you rightly point out, are not going to be connected to the grid or

Science and Research committee  The short answer I'll give off the bat is this: The most important thing government can do, when it comes to new technologies we're using to confront the climate crisis and lower GHGs, is to be consistent. Be consistent in talking about the tools we are going to use to tackle thi

Science and Research committee  We have seen some support for specific technologies come from the federal government through the strategic innovation fund, and that has been helpful. However, Canada's advantage at this time in the world, with the development and deployment of small modular reactors, has everyth

Science and Research committee  I've been with the nuclear industry now for three and a half years, but my history of over two decades in electricity has been in the renewables space, specifically as a developer of solar projects, sitting on boards with utilities, helping to guide renewables, as Canada's repres

Science and Research committee  Without a doubt, nuclear—both conventional and small modular reactors—will necessarily have to be a very important part of the global energy mix as we go forward. Electricity generation, as you know, Mr. Tochor, is exceedingly important to decarbonization. We're going to have to

Science and Research committee  Canada has an exceptional track record that is respected internationally for the way it manages the entire cycle of every bit of waste it produces. I'm not aware of any fatality from handling the waste here in Canada or, indeed, around the world. There's a reason for that, Mr.

Science and Research committee  This is a good-news story that Ontarians and Canadians don't speak about loudly enough at home or on the international stage. Phasing out coal-fired electricity generation in Ontario is the single largest carbon-reduction initiative that has been achieved in North America, if not

Science and Research committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. First and foremost, I acknowledge that I'm joining you today from and on the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe. I thank the committee for inviting me to appear today on behalf of the Canadian Nuclear Association. I am the pre

Environment committee  In terms of the request that's been put into the budget process, we've submitted the letter to Finance Canada, and I'd be happy to provide a copy to this panel. It talks about the need for a level playing field here with respect to existing tax credits and future investment tax c

Environment committee  I would echo Ms. Swami's comment.