I'm interested in the funding history of AECL. We've heard here in committee--and I believe it's something that Canadians and certainly all members of this committee seem to recognize, as I believe Mr. Cullen and others have mentioned in the past--is that one of the causes of the problems we're seeing with AECL, including the recent problems with the NRU, is that over 13 years the Liberal government starved and neglected funding for AECL. This neglect has led to some serious problems, and we see the Liberals--including the previous Liberal ministers of natural resources, Ralph Goodale and John McCallum--trying to exploit these problems for partisan political gain. Do you believe the long-term neglect from the past Liberal governments has left AECL with significant challenges in the current nuclear environment?
