Environment committee  I can't comment on that. All I can say is that in the bill there were some time limits, and if they adhere to the time limits then it looks okay. I cannot comment on whether the minister then will find some way to stop it. That's built into the process.

Environment committee  No. What I said was that we have a lot of experience in doing joint review panels. In fact, as a control board we have been involved in joint projects where there were all kinds of models. I think what people forget is that the EA is a planning tool, and we would like to get that

Environment committee  Yes, sir.

Environment committee  As I think I pointed out in my remarks, real clarity on timelines every step of the way.... The bill can improve things if the early planning of a project can be done very quickly and get to a no quickly, so industry can move on. If it's a no, tell us quickly. If it's a yes, then

Environment committee  Thank you for the question. I think it's an important question in an era where people hear about fake news and inauthentic facts. We just heard about a recent poll showing that 40% of Canadians thought science was a matter of opinion. In that environment, the question is, as a re

Environment committee  Good afternoon, Madame Chair and members of the committee. Thank you for inviting me to appear before you today to provide comments on Bill C-69. Under our enabling legislation, the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, the NSCA, our mandate is to regulate the use of nuclear energy

Natural Resources committee  I can tell you that there is a vocal minority that does not necessarily agree with the way we take decisions, but anybody who ever had any opinion about nuclear, about our facilities, or about a hearing, appears in front of us, and we have an informed discussion that feeds into o

Natural Resources committee  Just to finish, we have been focusing on this scientific-based organization. We encourage debate and arguments, because science is not exactly black and white. At the end of the day we would like a consensus among our employees, and I will stand by the integrity and the ability o

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. We have a study. It's on our website. You can pick it up. It was a study that mimicked the severity of Fukushima and then assessed where the impact would be and how the emergency planning would deal with this.

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. It will be a pleasure.

Natural Resources committee  How much time do I have, Mr. Chairman?

Natural Resources committee  First of all, let me start by clarifying that the audit was a scheduled audit. It had nothing to do with the anonymous letter, so let's not connect the dots here. The anonymous letter came way after the scheduling of the audit. In fact, the audit was almost complete when we got t

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for the question. It will give me an opportunity to clarify some things. First of all, on safety and the public, most of the history of nuclear and people's fear of nuclear originated from the weapon side. People cannot disconnect the origin from the beneficial aspect.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you and good morning, Mr. Chairman and honourable members of the committee. My name is Michael Binder and I am the president of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. I'm joined by Ramzi Jammal, CNSC executive vice-president and chief regulatory operations officer. It i

Natural Resources committee  In fact, I think we publicly replied to Mr. Rouse. We're quite familiar with his views, and the definition of safety is in the act. It's in our legislation. So it's very readily available.