Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank our witnesses for being here.
Mr. Chair, I'm going to direct my first question to the people from TRIUMF and McMaster University. They have proposed solutions for producing isotopes. Given the crisis we are in right now, I would like to hear them.
The MAPLE reactor was supposed to replace the NRU reactor when it reached the end of its useful life in order to produce isotopes. When the government decided to drop the MAPLE reactors, did a government official call you to tell you that new solutions had to be found immediately because the NRU reactor was at the end if its useful life and that might cause a crisis? Did anyone call you to discuss the solutions you were offering, to see if those measures were feasible and, if they were, whether implementation could be fast-tracked? Did the government make initial contact with you as soon as it announced the end of the MAPLE project?