No, I disagree that they're faced with shortages in that sense. I believe that in terms of Canada's responsibility in the world, we absolutely stepped up to the plate in the fall of this year when we produced more isotopes for the world. We recognized all too well the fragility of the global supply last year, and we're the ones who started the process of putting countries together internationally to address the matter.
In fact, Canada has shown leadership on the matter, plain and simple: we chair the committee and we've led the effort in making sure that the reactor operators speak with one another about making sure that we've produced schedules of maintenance that make sense with each other across the board.
The other aspect to remember is that we do have more reactors coming online. Australia is ramping up in order to produce medical isotopes. France is currently building. There are other proposals out there in the world as well. The reality is that the world has been planning for the turnover of medical isotopes as a result of recognizing that reactors are aging. Unfortunately, at this point we do have a shortage of medical isotopes, and we're dealing with it in the best way we possibly can, both in terms of dealing with the medical community on shortage of supply and in terms of looking to our other member states who produce medical isotopes in asking them to increase their amounts, as we did with ours in the fall.
The point is that they've said yes. They are going to be increasing capacity as they are able to, and that is a sign of leadership: when Canada asked, they have responded. That's a result of the work we've been doing since December of last year.