is operated by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, in November 2007 over the AECL's failure to perform safety upgrades. Appearing before a parliamentary committee January 16, 2008 Lunn refused to cite one example of what Linda Keen had done wrong in her job, only that she had lost the confidence of the government. "These are the kinds of Republican tactics this town has never seen before," Liberal MP David McGuinty (Ottawa South) told the natural resources committee. "The Prime Minister and the people around the Prime Minister will stop at nothing. ... They will fabricate, in my mind, a case to dismiss a senior official, an independent regulator," McGuinty told reporters later. Lunn told the committee: "We do not believe she fulfilled her duties. There was an urgency to this situation, make no mistake ... it would have meant life and death for some patients." AECL falls under Lunn's management as Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. The reactor shutdown caused problems with supply shortage of medical radioisotopes, which are used for testing to determine whether a patient has a disease. Canada produces more than half the world's supply. The House of Commons of Canada passed emergency legislation in mid-December 2007, with unanimous support, to get NRU restarted quickly. There has been no backup reactor for NRU since NRX was decommissioned in 1992, making it very difficult for upgrades and maintenance to be performed on NRU. Electoral record References External links Gary Lunn's Official Website 1957 births Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Reform Party of Canada MPs Canadian Alliance MPs Conservative Party of Canada MPs Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Living people People from the Capital Regional District People from Trail, British Columbia University of Victoria alumni Lawyers in British Columbia Canadian lawyers Members of the 28th Canadian Ministry University of Victoria Faculty of Law alumni Politicians affected by a party expulsion process