Mr. Speaker, the Dutch reactor is going to go down for six months very soon. Australia imports 100% of its isotopes.
In 2007 the minister's government oversaw a life-threatening crisis in medical isotopes. Eighteen months later, the minister still has no plan. There is no plan for domestic supply and no secure plan for international supply.
Halifax, Ottawa, Saskatoon, the B.C. interior; what do these places all across this country have in common? Thousands of Canadians already are being told that they will not get the cancer tests or heart tests they need.
What is the minister going to do? Fire her policy adviser now?