Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. McCauley, to help us understand the bill, let us make up a story. Let us imagine that, in 10 years, reactors are built near tar sands projects. A serious accident happens. The reactors are attacked, and the act now needs to be applied.
Everything needed to extract tar sand costs billions of dollars in infrastructure, facilities and equipment. If an accident happened, the insurance policy would not protect the operator's nuclear facilities. If the power plants and the reactors were demolished, it would not be compensable, but there would be damage to the rest of the area.
Under this bill, could the Government of Canada provide compensation for the oil companies' infrastructures?