Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thanks to the witnesses for appearing. I found it very interesting. Thanks for your explanation of how a meltdown occurs. Being from B.C. and nowhere near a nuclear facility, I had never had that explained before. I've read things, but the technical stuff can be a little hard to understand.
I also really want to thank you for your comments on our responsibility. The members of Parliament were elected to protect the public interest—the environment, the social interests, and economic interests of our communities, and so on. I think that's very important in the consideration of this bill.
I asked the question of a previous witness from Port Hope who talked about the amount—I think per person or household, I can't remember—being around $8,000 out of the $650 million. You talked about $200 per household in Toronto, of course a much bigger city. Really, when you think of the value of property in those areas, it's nothing. So it's understandable that the liability should be increased tremendously.
The other thing you said that I think is important is that we're not asking an honest question here. I felt that. This bill, if passed, would enable the expansion of nuclear facilities in Canada, and I believe that's what this bill is all about. So I thank you for that comment.
I just want to know if there is any way to amend this bill that would improve it so that we are looking after the public interest in a better way, and without it being a carte blanche for the industry to just build nuclear reactors as they want to in the oil sands, and things like that.