If I could speak about the decommissioning and waste management briefly, that is the bulk of the money that AECL is receiving in annual appropriations and what is being given to CNL. It's about two-thirds of our annual appropriations. Are we getting access to private sector expertise in that area? There's possibly some, but I think that, after 10 years, that is well established in CNL.
I recall Mr. Leuprecht saying, why not return CNL to a Crown corporation? I think that's a very strong point. We no longer need that private sector expertise. It should be fully incorporated. There have been 100 buildings at Chalk River Laboratories that have been decommissioned now, so there's lots of expertise in the staff who have done that. We can just let the Americans go.
In terms of what the committee can do, there is a special examination by the Auditor General coming up in 2026-27. The committee should make some instructions to the Auditor General to have a really close look at how well this GOCO has worked.
