Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good afternoon, madam and gentlemen.
Mr. Ivanco, we were surprised. We received a summary report on the strategic review of AECL in May 2009. Now we see that Part 18 of this bill prevents all debate and AECL will thus be quickly privatized. I sit on the Standing Committee on Natural Resources and we were unable to determine how much AECL was worth and whether it would be divided into sections.
How do you assess the government's lack of transparency in this matter? A number of people and I are wondering what that conceals. We're also wondering what impact this is having on you and on the people you represent and who work in the nuclear energy field.