I agree with you entirely.
I recently learned that there is already tritium in the drinking water of municipalities on the banks of the Ottawa River. So that element is coming toward us. As a Montrealer, I thought it made no sense for me to be drinking that water.
I would also like to point out something that I find a little strange.
We are always told that the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is independent, but I am going to give you an example that shows why I do not consider it to be very independent.
Rumina Velshi, the president of the CNSC, spent a lot of time at conferences and events talking up the small modular reactors we are all familiar with. However, she has been replaced by Timothy Berube.
When I did a bit of research to find out who this man was, I learned that he has a doctorate in "divinity". The bulk of his university curriculum at the University of Metaphysical Sciences involved meditation, angels and chakras.
Since learning that, I have been a bit worried, particularly since the CNSC has appointed him as acting president. Am I the only one who finds this strange?
Mr. Laneuville, let's talk about the Canada Water Agency.
Last week, a witness told us that since the Agency was created, it has been given all sorts of little mandates by the whole world. It has been told that it should look after X river and Y lake and Z creek, and so on.
Did we not put the cart before the horse when we created this agency?
Could we not first have established objectives and principles of action?