I do, yes. Thank you, Madam Chair.
I briefly talked about this during our motion to try to allow all of these amendments to be considered. This is actually in the “Purpose” section of the enabling legislation.
There are two things. One is “strengthen cooperation on energy matters, including the export of Canadian energy to Ukraine”. As discussed at committee before, Ukraine sits on the third-largest proven LNG reserve in Europe. Finding a way to co-operate with Ukraine on that would do a number of things. First, it would provide Ukraine with energy security. Second, it would allow for additional exports of LNG to Europe, which would, of course, have the effect of defunding Vladimir Putin's war machine.
This would be a very useful thing to have included, not only in the enabling legislation, but also in the free trade agreement itself. There are things that are hurtful, I think, in this trade agreement. There are things that could be helpful. That's one of them.
The other issue is “strengthen cooperation on matters relating to nuclear technology, including the export of Canadian nuclear equipment, expertise and uranium to Ukraine.” Again, energy security is a very critical issue for Ukraine. It has lost 40% of its electricity-generating capacity in the course of the war. Both Canada and Ukraine have a proud history of nuclear technology. Canada could absolutely help Ukraine in further developing its electricity generation capacity through nuclear technology.
Ukraine actually used to be an exporter of electricity to Europe. Again, this would be a net benefit to Ukraine. They would have increased energy exports, which would be revenue for the government in the middle of a war. Those electricity exports would further reduce the reliance on Russian gas in Europe, thereby defunding Putin's war machine.
These amendments are very strong, purposeful amendments that are helpful for Ukraine. I would hope that all members of the committee would support them.