Mr. Chair, this is so vague that I'm not even sure what he's talking about. Over the past year, we've put $300 million into AECL. We put another $100 million or $150 million at Christmastime; we put another $350 million in the budget here. So I don't know if he's talking about that funding, which is the traditional funding source that we have going through the department and government to AECL, or if he's talking about some new funding that he wants for something else.
The minister's going to come here and not even know what this impact of additional funding is. So is he talking about wanting to have extra funding here? Is he talking about the funding that we've already put in? I know we've been generous. Actually, it's good that the opposition has recognized that. Certainly we're funding these folks to a level where they can do their jobs, and we're happy to do that.
I think we need some more explanation from Mr. Regan. I know what he's trying to do. He wants to get around to the issue that he had before that you ruled out of order, but I'm not sure this is going to allow him to do that. I'd certainly like some explanation as to what level of funding he's talking about, where it's come about. Is it funding we've already been so generously willing to provide, or is he talking about funding for the future for Chalk River or for AECL and the entire nuclear development in Canada?