Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The concept of conflict of interest is part of our work, on a daily basis. If you look at the ownership of the Rothschild company, you will see that the main shareholders are still well established, particularly in Paris. The family, the five brothers, have opened businesses in a number of cities, including Vienna, Frankfurt, Paris, London and another that escapes me at the moment. Mr. McCallum very correctly pointed out that AREVA is one of the companies for which it would be commercially very advantageous to kill off AECL and stop production of the CANDU reactor, which is a competitor. As well, one analysis suggests that certain parts of the design of the CANDU reactor, if we consider how it is designed, in today's world, involves real accident risks.
I would like to know whether the conflict of interest relating to the CANDU reactor, whether real or potential, and involving the other companies owned by Rothschild and AREVA, will be included in the equation before this big contract is awarded to N M Rothschild & Sons.