Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm expecting my motion will pass with similar ease. I hope the goodwill will be reciprocated.
The motion I want to bring forward is seeking to define the parameters of our study. It was distributed in advance.
That, in relation to the study of the export of Russian Gazprom turbines, the committee (a) hold two additional meetings to invite witnesses from the existing lists; (b) at a separate hearing, bring representatives of Siemens and of Canadian Gas Association to testify for two hours; (c) at a separate hearing, invite the Minister of Foreign Affairs to appear for two hours to provide an update on the turbine issue and other Ukraine-related developments; (d) instruct staff to prepare a draft report which includes a recommendation to immediately revoke the permit; and, (e) conduct a study of the Canadian sanctions regime in general, with details to be defined later.
Maybe I'll just go through these points. I think we've undertaken part of the turbine study. Now we need to define how we're going to finish it and what kinds of products we're going to produce coming out of it. I'm not wedded to any of these particular details, but I think it makes sense to put a proposal on the table and start the conversation.
I think it's important that we hear the perspective on this of Siemens as well as the Canadian Gas Association. Many new facts have emerged since we last heard from the minister. I think there's new information on events, which we would like to hear from the minister on with respect to a decision, but there have also been a lot of new developments in the situation in Ukraine, most recently nuclear threats, the fake referendums, Ukraine's glorious counteroffensive, and the continuing energy-related blackmail by the Russian Federation.
I think there are many issues on which we would like to hear from the minister again to provide updates and further conversation with us.
Those are my suggestions for the next steps in terms of hearings. I think this is important work that should lead to a draft report. Let's give our analysts clear direction, if that is in fact the will of the committee, that the committee build towards it in part and include a recommendation for the revocation of the permit. Let's give clear direction on that point to the analysts. I think that reflects the view of the majority of the committee members.
My final point is that I think there were many questions about Canada's sanctions regime more broadly that came out of the study. Ms. McPherson has spoken about a proposal she's been working on in terms of a study on the sanctions regime in general, and that's something we support. This motion doesn't seek to define the details. We'd certainly welcome her motion in terms of doing that, but we're signalling the fact that we want to build on the work done on this study through that further sanctions study.
I'll just note on the further sanctions study issue that we are required at some point to do a statutory review of the Magnitsky sanctions. It's been almost five years. Doing that statutory review of the Magnitsky Act would be worth incorporating into our broader look at the effectiveness of our sanctions regime.
This is a proposal for how to continue and bring to completion the turbine study. I think it's a good proposal. Let's put it on the table and see what people want to do and make amendments and then give clear direction to our chair about going forward.
Thanks.