Merci, Madame.
To respond to your comments, to the best of my knowledge the $8-billion figure that you reference is accurate in terms of the accumulated government support in AECL. A very substantial portion of that is for the support of the laboratory, which is by definition a pre-commercial institution. It's not designed to be profitable. It's designed to provide support for pre-commercial research for the nuclear sector. Indeed the amount of funding support provided in Canada could be characterized as modest in comparison to some other nuclear countries, so that price tag does not surprise me.
If we look at the impact of the nuclear sector on the Canadian economy over that period of time, the economic benefits have been many multiples of that investment, through the production of electricity that's been reliable and safe and low cost in Canada, and from reactors we have sold abroad.
The $300 million in funding support being provided for this year is to support a number of activities, some of which are related to the repair of the NRU and the preparation for the relicensing or the licence extension of the NRU. The majority of that amount is earmarked for the unexpected financial requirements associated with the completion of the life-extension projects at Bruce Power and Point Lepreau. I think I've talked before about the other requirements that we have under our contracts: the need to complete those projects safely and with good quality, and to meet our customer expectations in those life-extension projects.
I believe the future of Chalk River Laboratories is a bright one, if we are able to move forward with the plans as they currently are laid out and the laboratory is able to continue with its mission of providing research, development, and innovation support for Canada's nuclear industry. That is vitally important for the future of the CANDU brand worldwide.
With respect to your specific question about the Montreal office, that office will be very heavily occupied for the next while in supporting the life extension of the Gentilly-2 reactor for Hydro-Québec. That project is going to be commencing activity on the work site very quickly.