Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to the witnesses for being here.
I will open it up with the CNSC.
The determination for Chalk River that the CNSC put forward was that the CNL adequately consulted and accommodated indigenous groups, yet 10 out of the 11 federally recognized Algonquin communities have objected to the project for years. In our parliamentary study on nuclear waste, we heard testimony about this, yet the project was approved in January. It really begs the question of how the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is complying with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and how these communities are going to have free, prior and informed consent around projects.
I understand that you probably can't speak too much to this, but if you have a very brief comment, please go ahead.