Madam Speaker, what does my hon. colleague make of the shortage right now of medical isotopes? Last year, there were some critical shortages that unfortunately may have cost lives in Canada, and we are very grateful for Chalk River. Some of the developments of utilizing the CANDU reactor to make medical isotopes would not have been possible without Chalk River, so I thank the men and women who work there for their innovation and hard work to perfect how to make isotopes with the CANDU reactor.
I am just wondering what my colleague's answer would be for the shortage of isotopes, not just in Canada but around the world. We are back-filling some countries that have difficulties creating isotopes; does the member not think it would be wise to pursue this more?