A good point to make is that there certainly is an issue with the Chalk River plant and the shortage of isotopes because of the shutdown. But the point is, will jumping into this now solve the current problem? What more is it going to do than simply make for a news story?
I think this issue is very serious and deserves a planned, scheduled series of meetings. We're not going to solve it even in one meeting. We're going to get a news story. If that's what Mr. Alghabra wants, you can certainly get the news story by having a meeting Thursday or this afternoon, if anyone can attend. But is it going to solve the problem? Is giving it a couple of hours or even an hour going to do it justice?
I believe this is an issue that should be looked at as a long-term solution, as a way of preventing this happening in the future. It deserves more than a last-minute meeting to get together and make some headlines. This is an important study we could do, and if we're going to do it, let's do it properly, let's do it justice, understanding that we can't fix this right now. The engineers and the scientists are working on that, but as a committee we can help lay some guidelines so this would not happen again. That's my point.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.