Minister, your estimates talk about funding for Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.I have heard two things from physicians who are specialists in nuclear medicine in Halifax. One is that this physician and others across the country are very concerned that when the NRU shuts down there will be several years when basically the world will be on a knife's edge, and we could very easily be in a situation of shortage of isotopes for nuclear medicine.
I understand as well that your department decided that no organization east of Quebec ought to be involved in research in terms of cyclotrons and the development of isotopes during this period. Why would that be the case?