Natural Resources committee  We're quite optimistic with regard to Point Lepreau, of course. Actually, the regulator now has allowed the reactor at Point Lepreau to be refuelled, which is really quite a step, and of course we've had a first start-up—unsuccessful, but that's normal—at Bruce, so those two proj

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chair, I'm not sure of the protocol. I'm more than happy to check. As I mentioned, the Department of Finance would be the authority best able to bring forward that information. As for whether I try to get it from them and send it over to the committee or whether the committ

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chair, I think the best people to answer the question would be Sustainable Development Technology Canada. Sustainable Development Technology Canada still has a fund. The fund has accrued interest. Sustainable Development Technology Canada has to, with its current essentially

Natural Resources committee  There may be a time—

Natural Resources committee  Again, Mr. Chair, I think one would have to ask Vicky Sharpe about the resources that are currently with the entity. I mention as well that there is the NextGen biofuels fund, which is another fund SDTC administers. Again, one will have to see in the budget or in subsequent fin

Natural Resources committee  It was way before my time, I guess. About 10 years ago there was a commitment of $17 million. If memory serves, about $12.5 million was to Maritime Electric and about $4.5 million was to SaskPower. It was to fund in those two jurisdictions acquisition by the federal government of

Natural Resources committee  That's correct. It was over 10 years.

Natural Resources committee  Sure. I appreciate doing so. What you have in the main estimates are two components. You have $102 million, which is essentially for the nuclear laboratories, because that is now what is basically left of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. The $102 million is roughly the annual a

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chair, both the short answer and the long answer are “no”.

Natural Resources committee  The department has no such policy. The department provides opinions and recommendations. We don’t have a black list or anything like that. We receive input from various groups and we treat them in the same way.

Natural Resources committee  No. If you go to the website at this time, it will say that the program is no longer accepting registrations.

Natural Resources committee  The program is not cancelled. If you have registered—

Natural Resources committee  It does not consider new applications. If you have registered and you have been conducting the pre-retrofit and you complete your renovations by March 31, we will accept claims. In fact, we've announced that the post-retrofit evaluation can take place until June, and that means w

Natural Resources committee  Those people had about four years to participate in this program.

Natural Resources committee  The program is no longer accepting registrations.