In answering my question, Dr. Bourguet was saying that we should have a transatlantic solution in order to ensure a long-term supply of technetium.
In response to Mr. Trost's question, he was saying that technetium still has a lifespan of several decades, because alternative solutions are not quite ready to take over all of the jobs currently being done by technetium.
The only nuclear reactor project that was currently planned, even though it has been abandoned, is the MAPLE project. What several groups seem to have been asking for since the beginning of this is a reassessment by an international group of experts on the shutdown of the MAPLE project.
In light of the discussions we have had, I'm wondering what is preventing the government from moving forward, not to relaunch the project, but simply to have its relevance assessed by a group of independent experts.
Is there anyone around the table who might like to tell me, because of the information they have and through their own experience, why the government does not want to agree to this request being made by more and more groups involved in the area of nuclear medicine. Perhaps the special adviser to the minister or Dr. O'Brien...