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Nuclear energy can help to supply clean, safe and competitive electricity for a world where the number of people and their expectations of a better life continue to grow. Nuclear energy can help us meet the challenge of reconciling greater global energy use with a clean and sustainable environment. Nuclear energy can contribute to the strength and diversity of energy supplies here in Canada. We have the resources and the technology. All this won't happen by itself. The industry has to maintain high standards of performance, develop competitive new designs that respond to concerns about safety, and convince the public to support the nuclear option. That is a tall order. But Canada's nuclear industry has accomplished great things in the past, and I believe you are equal to the challenge. For you, ladies and gentlemen, it is the planting season. Conditions are good and the forecast says the sun is going to shine