Not at all. In fact I believe we acted in a very expeditious manner from December 3 until, I believe, December 12, when Parliament passed Bill C-38 in nine days. I believe that. And if you look at the chronology of events and the actions we took trying to resolve this matter, it should never have had to come to Parliament. The powers were within the office of the president and CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to resolve this. The former president and CEO of the commission chose not to exercise those powers. That is why we have taken the course of action that we have. We have a duty as the Government of Canada to act, and that is in fact exactly what we did.
As the member said earlier in testimony, it was difficult to oppose this bill. I agree. This was an important piece of legislation. All parties supported it for the right reasons.
We were left with no choice but to put this bill before Parliament, because it became clear that had we not, the former president of the commission would not exercise her executive powers, and lives were at stake. That is why we have taken the action that we have.