The AECL annual operating budget that you would see in the main estimates is not sufficient to fund their annual cost, which is why we often see them in supplementary estimates. They are in the process of setting up what's called a GOCO, which is a government-owned corporation operated organization, to effectively move the AECL employees into the private sector. Eventually, we will see a private sector organization operating AECL. The government will still own it.
On May 27th, 2014. See this statement in context.