Natural Resources committee  Thank you for the question. In terms of doing this in a few minutes, European federalism is a lot more complex than Canadian federalism sometimes. There are leaders and followers in the European Union on renewables, for sure. Germany is the main leader, and actually the world le

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. That's a great question, and I think a very important one. For Point Lepreau, the cost estimate is about 10¢. That figure comes from the New Brunswick public utilities committee. I followed the Point Lepreau debate back in 2002, and way back in the day, they said it w

Natural Resources committee  I just wanted to mention to the committee that in terms of storage, that is also developing really quickly. In October I attended the first conference of the Canadian storage association. That industry did not exist in Canada four years ago. I really encourage the committee to in

Natural Resources committee  Yes, it is something we should be concerned about, because for emergency planning purposes we should be ready for worst-case scenarios. That's what other countries such as Germany and Belgium have done since Fukushima. They've actually modelled these types of accidents and asked

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for the question. I doubt that the carbon tax will lead to growth in Canada's nuclear industry since the cost of building and refurbishing reactors is rising steadily. Ontario, for example, is closing eight reactors. The province has put forward a plan to reduce green

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. That's a very good question. It's important for the committee to realize that when it comes to nuclear accidents, the cause is often—for Fukushima and Chernobyl—attributed to something called “institutional failure”, which is basically when the regulator and the opera

Natural Resources committee  Great. Thank you for the question. I'll start out with a compliment to the Conservative Party. Greenpeace supported the privatization of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. It was a good thing for ratepayers, and it is protecting ratepayers from ongoing cost overruns at Point Lepre

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. Thank you for this opportunity to present to you today. My name is Shawn-Patrick Stensil. I'm a senior energy analyst with Greenpeace Canada. I also work as a radiation protection adviser for Greenpeace International and have done field work in such contamin

Natural Resources committee  No matter what, I think that number will be arbitrary. Natural Resources Canada had three criteria for determining the $1 billion number, including the capacity of the insurance market, and foreseeable accidents, which I believe was the second one. We should not confound the amou

Natural Resources committee  Given the current wording of the bill, the amendment I have proposed is the simpliest way to make them liable. This is being done in India. We could amend clause 13 of the bill entitled “No recourse” in order to specify the cases in which an operator may sue a supplier. The curr

Natural Resources committee  I think we should look at it in the context—

Natural Resources committee  I would say this. The provincial governments own these reactors. In other fields of risk transfer to the federal government, the federal government has recently done something very good, in saying that they will not backstop the risk for cost overruns at reactor projects and tran

Natural Resources committee  At this time, in terms of liability, a reactor supplier has no obligation if an accident occurs. That is how the law is worded and that is also true of the new version. In our opinion, this is not a good thing. In the case of Fukushima, it was demonstrated that the designer, Gen

Natural Resources committee  The operator must always be insured for $1 billion, but I suppose suppliers must also be insured as that is mandatory.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for this opportunity to give Greenpeace's views and recommendations on the proposed nuclear liability and compensation act contained in Bill C-22. I will make my presentation in English, but I will be pleased to answer your questions in French. While listening to the