Natural Resources committee  Again, that's a complex commercial matter, and indeed our two companies are in the process of re-engaging to consider what the ramifications are of the schedule change and the accumulated lessons learned from all the other projects. It's certainly my intention, and I believe it i

Natural Resources committee  First of all, I think I should provide some clarification for the chart that you're referring to.

Natural Resources committee  It is not a complete or accurate explanation of our manpower outlook. That chart represented essentially the manpower profile associated with the backlog of our committed business. So essentially it's always going to go down that way, but it does not include any provision for ne

Natural Resources committee  Well, that is accurate under only one scenario, which is that we have no more business coming in whatsoever.

Natural Resources committee  I'm certainly not going to try to debate whether we have a manpower issue at AECL in relation to the business intake. We need to have new business in order to match our cost structure. Again, I think it's an obligation of management to match your costs to your revenues as best

Natural Resources committee  That's certainly a question I can't answer. I think the Government of Ontario--Ontario, more broadly--certainly has a huge stake in the future of Canada's nuclear sector.

Natural Resources committee  I'm not going to presume in any way to suggest what their policy direction should be, but they're a very concerned and involved stakeholder. It's important from electricity generation, through the supply chain, through the education system, and the fact that the vast majority of

Natural Resources committee  I can't speculate on that, sir.

Natural Resources committee  We do not have a signed contract with the Argentine utility at this time. We have been in regular discussions with them, as you can imagine, over a prolonged period of time. We continue to do our best to maintain a positive attitude and relationship.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, Ms. Brunelle and gentlemen. On behalf of AECL, I am pleased to be hear to discuss the Supplementary Estimates (C). I would like to introduce Kent Harris, Chief Financial Officer of AECL. With approximately 5,000 staff, AECL has two operatin

Finance committee  The most important thing is to remind them of the many opportunities that we have in both Canadian and international markets and that we are continuing to invest heavily in the development of new products and the support of the revitalization and modernization of the infrastructu

Finance committee  I would be stepping beyond my bounds to comment on what kinds of corporate forms or structures should be considered. It's really the purview of our shareholder. What I will say, though, is that the Chalk River laboratory is an incredible repository of human talent. The primary m

Finance committee  The path forward at this point in time is that AECL will be partitioned into two distinct entities, really representing the very different business models, in the sense that the CANDU reactor division is designed to be, is intended to be, and will be a commercially viable busines

Finance committee  I'm certainly not the right person to respond to the broader policy questions; I'm the executive responsible for running the business. I can say, from my perspective, that what I believe to be the case is that the goal is to strengthen AECL, to preserve the CANDU brand, and to st

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. Without question, the world is moving on nuclear at a very fast pace. When we look at the global marketplace and the nature and range of opportunities that exist out there, they will certainly not wait for us to get our house in order to make their de