Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm Canadian, and I've worked with other Canadians for a large American multinational. We were doing business in Canada, and my colleagues all had a Canadian passport. They were very nationalistic. In this particular case, had you listened to the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited representatives' testimony during our last meeting, you'd know that most of those who work for the consortium are Canadians.
We talked earlier about a series of measures around intellectual property. You suggested an audit might be necessary to ensure the measures are being followed. For starters, I'm convinced Canadians working for the consortium will act like Canadians. You seem to imply that, because Canadians work for a company headquartered in the U.S.—even though they work for a Canadian-incorporated business—they might not respect the rules and send everything to the U.S. That's what I don't understand. As a professor, I think you have a very good understanding of how multinationals are structured. Why do you fear Canadians working for Canadian-incorporated businesses are constantly sending material or could send material to the U.S. headquarters in….
By the way, we're talking about waste management and decommissioning, no nuclear football or nuclear war. This is about civilian application. I'd like to know where you think the flaws are. What issues should I be more worried about?
Let's also be clear as to what an audit would focus on. When it comes to the government-owned, contractor-operated model, or GOCO—and I'd also like to hear your thoughts on that—it's often easier to make changes based on what we find out than going back and establishing crown corporations. I'd like to hear my Conservative friends argue that we should go back to crown corporations, when it's the Harper government that adopted the GOCO model, and that we're trying to save Canadians money.
Would you have an answer for me, Mr. Leuprecht?