I have my time now, and I'm going to ask the committee to talk about this issue, and then it's up to the committee to decide that this is not a matter of urgency or that it wants to deal with other business.
We're discussing future business now, so I'm going to table a motion that the Standing Committee on Natural Resources schedule a special meeting on Tuesday, today, December 11, at 3:30 to hear from the Minister of Natural Resources, the president of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, as well as executives from AECL to help the committee understand the ongoing crisis in the supply of medical isotopes and the causes for the extended shutdown of their nuclear reactor at Chalk River.
That was the end of my motion. This is a matter of great concern to the Canadian public. We, as the natural resources committee, have a duty to follow that story, to tell Canadians what's going on.
Yesterday the government wanted the House to pass a motion that lacked some substance, that lacked information. Even the Prime Minister believes that this is of highest importance. So it's really important that we discuss this matter.
We are discussing future business. If the committee decides that this is not of importance now, that they want to deal with the other business and keep this for later, I'll leave it up to the committee to decide. But I will be pushing strongly to have this motion discussed first and voted on as quickly as possible.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.