Finance committee  That's right.

Finance committee  The tender process was initiated by our colleagues at Public Works and Government Services Canada. Under that process, a firm was selected. It is N M Rothschild & Sons Limited.

Finance committee  Studies were done before the operation initiated in December 2009. That led to the decision announced in May 2009. When that decision was announced, a summary was also done of the analyses that had been done before. It can be accessed on the Natural Resources Canada Internet site

Finance committee  That's right, because that is part of what potential investors are being asked to evaluate.

Finance committee  That will depend on the offers to be considered and the decisions to be made by Cabinet when the time comes.

Finance committee  The process was initiated in December 2009. A number of investors were solicited. The operation is underway. We are committed to ensuring that the process will happen quickly.

Finance committee  That is part of what is currently being examined by potential purchasers. It is premature to determine what offers will be submitted to the government and what decision will be made when the time comes.

Finance committee  The maintenance contracts and the contracts for extending the useful life of the reactors are part of the potential package that can be considered by investors.

Finance committee  What we receive from investors, the offers that will be considered, will be among the factors studied. They will be presented to Cabinet. Cabinet will make a decision on the operation that will have to be undertaken to proceed with the sale of the commercial part. At present, in

Finance committee  The process includes information relating to the government's initial expectations, how to get offers, as in the course of any other privatization operation.

Finance committee  They were signed by the investors a long time ago. That goes back to when the operations were initiated, in December 2009.

Finance committee  Starting in December 2009 we said that the part in question was the nuclear reactor division of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. That is the part that is the subject of transactions with private investors.

Finance committee  It will depend on the offers submitted.

Finance committee  The possibility of selling 100% is part of the provisions in the bill. The question of who would be the potential beneficiary of the sale is part of the cabinet decision to be taken in due time, based on the information that will be provided at the time.

Finance committee  The decisions that will be made will be based on the objectives that have been made public, and definitely the jobs and the question of the intellectual property are part of the elements that investors are currently asked to take into account when they make the proposals that wil