I'm trying to figure out the chicken and the egg in terms of nuclear liability. What comes first?
One of the questions we had for witnesses was about the notion of whether the industry can exist without these types of restrictive and exclusive insurance schemes. The answer was no, because from the get-go in the event of a nuclear accident, the costs are so extreme in terms of liability and compensation. They're so big that the notion of an individual company or a parts supplier, as Mr. Hiebert has said, having enough insurance to cover off that eventuality makes it an impossible industry to....
Under normal circumstances, the government wouldn't get so involved in an industry's insurance scheme. We don't do it for auto. We don't do it for other forms of energy, not that I'm aware of, anyway. I don't know of any other legislation we deal with at the natural resources committee....