In fact, Mr. Chair, the discussions were ongoing even prior to November 19. In fact, it was earlier in November and other points in time when there was communication with respect to the item that was in disagreement between the two agencies.
I'm advised it became clear to AECL in their discussions--and their discussions were daily to try to resolve this issue--that they did not have the permission of the CNSC to restart. In fact it was confirmed by the former president and CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission on December 6 that had they restarted, she would have shut them down. In fact, she did make that statement.
It was clear in their discussions with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission that they did not have permission to restart, so they elected--obviously they didn't have permission--to continue to engage in a dialogue proposing different solutions, working with the commission to try to prevent the situation they ended up in.