Thank you for giving the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission the opportunity to respond to your questions.
I'd like to make a general statement with respect to the proposed amendments to the Nuclear Safety and Control Act. This is to put in place better clarity on an already existing scheme that we have in place for the security of nuclear facilities across Canada.
Basically, it's bringing two changes. One is to give the commission the opportunity to designate peace officers for our nuclear security officers, and the second is making provisions to authorize our designated licensees to be able to purchase arms.
This is the gist, if you want, of the amendments that are being proposed.