Through the diligence of my colleague, Mr. Alghabra, we've received, under access to information, a briefing note, Minister, that you received back in September. It is a briefing note dealing with the Auditor General's special examination with respect to Chalk River. And her report, as you've come to know, talked about a significant deficiency regarding AECL's ability to resolve certain challenges, one of them being the replacement of aging facilities at Chalk River.
You'll know that in your briefing at that time, the Office of the Auditor General would encourage the public disclosure of the report. Some four or five months later the report was tugged or coaxed out of the government. The briefing note you received, which shed some light on the reticence of your ministry to release the Auditor General's report, says the following:
While the tone of the report is balanced, critics of AECL will find ammunition if the document is published, particularly vis-à-vis its performance on the dedicated isotope facility.
Given the totality of the significant deficiency and other problems identified by the OAG, making the report public may have an impact on the AECL restructuring project and reduce interest from the private sector investors.
Minister, I put it to you again: there's not just a possibility but a very strong possibility that this government is going to allow the privatization of AECL. Do you have any comment?