Thank you, Chair.
I had one question for the previous witness. I didn't get a chance to ask it, so I'll ask you at SNC-Lavalin. Actually, your company relates more directly to my question.
We heard from some witnesses from industry that there's a so-called competition, to use their language, between government and industry. A few years ago, OPG had a new-build proposal to build new reactors at Darlington. At that time, the Government of Canada made an announcement asking for the open bid process. It was willing to accept any nuclear technology. Actually, very likely the CANDU technology is not the technology to be chosen.
So everything looks fine because we have transparency. We have an open process and we have a focus on nuclear safety and security. But if you look into the whole picture, you see there is still something strange. If the Canadian nuclear industry cannot get a deal or a contract domestically, how can the industry survive? Why did the government not support its own child, its own Canadian nuclear technology? If it's a decision based on nuclear safety, where was the government? Why was the nuclear safety technology not ready at that time?
To me, clearly there was lack of long-term planning or vision from the government on the survival and the development of nuclear technology in Canada. Maybe the current government can learn from that lesson.
Maybe you can comment more on that.