Mr. Speaker, I think the voters of that riding paid tribute to Mr. Clouthier.
There is some urgency to this matter. The old Canadian neutron generator is scheduled to be shut down in four years. Even if the government made a decision today to proceed with the new facility, it would take five or six years to construct. That means there is a gap in which Canada loses clients for this facility and, more important, the scientists who are needed to make it work.
What is required is a financing decision. In order to finance this facility is the finance minister prepared to make that decision?