Mr. Speaker, this is indeed a very serious issue for the points put forward by the hon. member.
I can tell Canadians what we are doing. Since November 2007, we have put together a plan to deal with isotope reductions in terms of contingency planning as well as reaching out to the global community.
Currently AECL is undertaking an inspection, progressing to repairs of the NRU in order to start the process again there. Globally we are co-operating on increasing supply.
The Minister of Health has shown leadership on H1N1 and is showing leadership again on medical isotopes in working with--