Mr. Chair, we have CPC-8, which replaces line 28 on page 7 with the following:
jurious to national security, the Minister shall, within the
It also replaces line 31 on page 7 with the following:
is to be made under subsection 25.3(1).
We're doing this one because several MPs have expressed the need to create an automatic trigger that compels the minister to conduct a national security or net benefit review when within that threshold. While the bill does provide greater power to the minister to conduct a net benefit or national security review, the minister may ultimately choose not to conduct a review.
We heard from the minister that he would like more power. At the end of the day, we've seen certain examples where the minister has chosen, as with Neo Lithium or others, not to use that power. This part of the bill would ensure that the minister would have to, if there was an automatic trigger.