Thank you, Mr. Chair.
That actually is a fairly nice segue into where I'm going with a couple of my questions. One of the things I'm concerned about is public perception. We want to give the public a comfort level and as much reassurance as possible. I think, ultimately, that the safety of our nuclear power plants in Canada.... I do believe that we have some of the safest, if not the safest, in the world because of the talents and the people we have and because of the regulations and the oversight and their ultimate character.
One of the areas in the bill that I wish to have some comment on—and it's in some respects not direct, but tangential—falls in with what you were saying about the U.S. That's the point about reciprocating agreements. I guess, as I said, that I'm not all that concerned about the Canadian record. We've done very well. The American record has been very good, as has the western European one, and so forth. But you never know. So I'm a bit interested in what we have been working on and in what we have as reciprocating agreements.
If you want to elaborate more on how Canadians would go about making insurance claims, assuming that there are incidents in the United States, I'd appreciate that. And it's not just the Americans; it's other potential countries or various places that we may have reciprocating agreements with. How would we go about it?
If you would range over as broad as possible a commentary on reciprocating agreements and possible claims against the United States as you elaborate on that, that would be appreciated.