Before starting, I would like to make a comment. A lot of organizations come to testify before the committee. I note that the terms "our investors" or "increase the return" are often part of their vocabulary. What I see is that there are always conflicts around water usage.
If we take taxpayers' money to develop water technologies, it has to be effective. We would like it to deal with the health of water and water systems, which means monitoring PFAS, agricultural contaminants, radionuclides and industrial waste, among other things. That is what we want. We do not want investors to make more money. That concerns me a bit.
Ms. Vodanovic, I am going to talk to you about Chalk River, of course. I have heard you on the radio, and I know that you are the spokesperson for the Montreal Metropolitan Community, or MMC, on this subject. I also know that you have a very firm position on the despicable decision by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, the CNSC, about the nuclear waste mounds in Chalk River.
I imagine that you are somewhat stunned by that decision, as was I. All, or nearly all, municipalities have come out against that plan, along with indigenous communities. We talk about reconciliation, but we act in complete contradiction of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We run roughshod over them and tell them the plan will go ahead even though they do not want it.
To your knowledge, does Montreal have technologies to detect radionuclides in its water treatment facilities?