Mr. Speaker, there is no doubt, steps taken by the federal government have been very ineffective, to say the least. Now people who are sick are suffering.
The government's haste to privatize Atomic Energy of Canada Limited is suspicious, especially knowing that Jean-François Béland—a former senior advisor in the Prime Minister's Office and staffer in the office of the member for Beauce, who was the industry minister at the time—is now working for the French firm Areva, which specializes in nuclear energy.
Are we to understand that the government's haste to complete this privatization is directly related to this man's involvement in the matter and that the government has given its friends preferential treatment—