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Natural Resources committee In the current legislation, the limit is 10 years for a bodily injury. We recognize, because of the scientific evidence, that certain cancers are only experienced or are latent until some 20 to 23 years after radiation exposure. That is why we have moved, similar to the internati
June 10th, 2014Committee meeting
Dave McCauley
Natural Resources committee Thank you very much. Yes, under the current legislation low-risk facilities, such as the Slowpoke reactors or other research reactors at educational institutions, have a lower limit of liability under commercial insurance they're required to carry. Then the federal government c
June 10th, 2014Committee meeting
Dave McCauley
Natural Resources committee The bill mirrors the convention in this regard on these two items. The operator has no right of recourse against any person other than an individual who intentionally caused the nuclear incident by an act or omission. There has to be intention there to cause the nuclear incident
June 10th, 2014Committee meeting
Dave McCauley
Natural Resources committee Thank you very much. It's with respect to the Indian situation. They have signed the convention for supplementary compensation, but they have not yet ratified it. One of the issues associated with their failure to ratify it is the fact that they have not channelled all the liabi
June 10th, 2014Committee meeting
Dave McCauley
Natural Resources committee Yes. We expect Japan will sign the CSC, the convention on supplementary compensation, before the end of this calendar year and then proceed to ratification.
June 10th, 2014Committee meeting
Dave McCauley
Natural Resources committee Certainly. Thank you very much for the question. On proclamation of the act, the amount of liability would be $650 million. One year after that date, it would rise to $750 million. Two years after the date of proclamation it would rise to $850 million, and then three years after
June 5th, 2014Committee meeting
Dave McCauley
Natural Resources committee Thank you very much. Yes, this bill has undergone quite a bit of consultation since it was first introduced, of course, in an earlier form. Most recently, however, and as Mr. Labonté indicated, because the bill has been before committee twice previously, we've been able to ben
June 5th, 2014Committee meeting
Dave McCauley
Natural Resources committee Thank you very much. I think Mr. Labonté has covered it off fairly well. The key elements would be that it clarifies jurisdiction, which operator is liable in the event of damage that was transboundary or in a transportation incident. The convention also has a public fund associ
June 5th, 2014Committee meeting
Dave McCauley
Natural Resources committee Certainly. By virtue of the fact that we are members of a treaty, a convention with another country, that member country accepts the terms of jurisdiction, the same rules of liability that we do. So it makes it easier for our contractors or contractors in other countries to do wo
June 5th, 2014Committee meeting
Dave McCauley
Natural Resources committee Certainly. We're quite diversified in terms of our uranium exports already. Cameco, which is the largest Canadian uranium producer in Canada, ships roughly a third of its uranium to the Americas, so to North America and South America, with another third to Asia and another third
April 18th, 2013Committee meeting
Dave McCauley
Natural Resources committee There's no commitment. There's no requirement. The limit will be $650 million. The only commitment is to table a report estimating the amount of damages.
December 9th, 2009Committee meeting
Dave McCauley
Natural Resources committee Under the legislation, there isn't, but in an incident, one could contemplate the very unlikely situation that it could be in excess of $650 million.
December 9th, 2009Committee meeting
Dave McCauley
Natural Resources committee No, the billion dollars is the limit, times the installations.
December 9th, 2009Committee meeting
Dave McCauley
Natural Resources committee It provides a mechanism--
December 9th, 2009Committee meeting
Dave McCauley
Natural Resources committee --that requires Parliament to address the issue.
December 9th, 2009Committee meeting
Dave McCauley