Natural Resources committee  Yes, sir.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. My opening remarks are available in both English and French but with your permission, I will present them in English. What I'll do is I'll flip this slide deck. I thought it would be good to talk a bit about how the commission operates and works. If you look at sl

Natural Resources committee  There was a directive that was issued, and it becomes part of our legislation.

Natural Resources committee  No. There was a letter of congratulation mentioning trying to work together. I responded by saying that I was looking forward to working together, but there was no direction.

Natural Resources committee  The short answer is no. If I understand the legislation, we report to Parliament through the Minister of Natural Resources. I must tell you that my observation in the five months I've been there is that the commission is staffed with commissioners who are very independent-minded

Natural Resources committee  I can't comment on this. This is machinery of government. Other brighter minds than mine will comment on it and decide this. All I can tell you is I've been in government for 37 years. Anybody who thinks they can actually influence me directly is in for a big surprise. I make my

Natural Resources committee  I can't comment. This is a hypothetical situation. Right now I do what is in legislation. Whatever legislation does or any changes to legislation may change our behaviour. Right now it's in the law of the land, and I'm abiding by it.

Natural Resources committee  This is a hypothetical situation. I think we need to wait for a specific submission containing a proposal, a recommendation regarding the extension of the NRU's licence. People may talk, but our response will be based on a specific submission. Our goal now is to ensure that the N

Natural Resources committee  This won't necessarily be a long process. We are already having discussions with the people from AECL. We're talking to them right now about the various criteria we need to make an informed decision that the reactor will operate safely. You should know that when we look at all t

Natural Resources committee  Yes, one could, by replacing all the equipment. Bruce Power, for example, is refurbishing a whole nuclear plant. They stop operations, they change everything in it, and they get another 20 years out of it. We will not be able to tell you that until we get a submission from AEC

Natural Resources committee  Just to clarify, the protocol is that the Department of Health is making sure they have some contingency plan in case shortages materialize. Our responsibility is strictly to make sure that the NRU continues to operate for as long as it's safe. We are not responsible for the prod

Natural Resources committee  On every matter associated with public hearings, it is continual. We all get the same documentation. We all get notices of hearings, staff assessments, etc. In addition, I share with them a lot of the common papers, international agreements, what's going on, environmental scans,

Natural Resources committee  Normally, but in public hearings we all come together.

Natural Resources committee  We have a secretary who is in charge of the tribunal business. He sends the applications directly to all of us at almost the same time.

Natural Resources committee  We try to be as transparent as possible, and any of the proponent material coming in front of us is posted. They have to allow us to post any of the interventions. Everything else is in the public domain. We're trying to put as much information as we have on the public record.