Mr. Speaker, again the hon. member forgets that this is very much a foreign policy initiative in the interest of promoting world peace and reducing the threat of nuclear weapons.
We have said we are prepared to consider the principle and to conduct the tests. We are not committed to anything beyond the testing. The testing is covered under existing regulatory authority. If there is ever to be any further commercial activity, it would be subject to a full environmental health and safety review. The proponents would need to negotiate a commercial contract with the utility in Canada that was prepared to undertake the activity, and that would be a decision to be taken by the utility.