Natural Resources Committee on Nov. 18th, 2009

Evidence of meeting #40 for Natural Resources in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was reactor.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-20, An Act respecting civil liability and compensation for damage in case of a nuclear incident

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Norman Rubin Director, Nuclear Research, Energy Probe

Rex Loesby President, Canadian Remote Power Corporation

Albert Sweetnam Executive Vice-President, Nuclear New Build, Ontario Power Generation Inc.

Pierre Tremblay Senior Vice-President, Nuclear Programs and Training, Ontario Power Generation Inc.

Simon Carroll Programme Officer, Swedish Biodiversity Centre, As an Individual

Christopher Heysel Director, Nuclear Operations and Facilities, McMaster Nuclear Reactor, McMaster University

Dermot Murphy Manager, Nuclear Insurance Association of Canada

John Walker Legal Counsel, Walker Sorensen LLP, Nuclear Insurance Association of Canada

Colleen DeMerchant Assistant Manager, Nuclear Insurance Association of Canada

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Conservative

David Anderson Conservative Cypress Hills—Grasslands, SK

Okay.

Now, Mr. Loesby made a suggestion. His was, actually, I think, asking for a requirement to provide $1 million insurance for each megawatt. That would be quite a bit higher than what you're proposing here. Do you find his request to be unreasonable, then?

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Director, Nuclear Operations and Facilities, McMaster Nuclear Reactor, McMaster University

Christopher Heysel

I didn't hear his presentation. I wasn't sure if he's proposing a non-profit entity for his reactor.

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Conservative

David Anderson Conservative Cypress Hills—Grasslands, SK

Okay.

I think, Mr. Chair, we have some other business to do, so I can leave it at that if you want.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Alan Tonks

Yes, we do. You have a few more seconds, but if you wish....

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Conservative

David Anderson Conservative Cypress Hills—Grasslands, SK

That's fine.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Alan Tonks

All right. Okay.

Well, on behalf of the committee, thank you to our witnesses. Particularly Mr. Carroll, in from Sweden, thank you so much. I know that you may seem rather distant, in terms of the deliberations here, but we appreciated your input, as we did all the witnesses here.

So thank you very much for being here.

Members of committee, we're going to deal with the motion that Mr. Regan is going to bring forward.

Mr. Regan, you're giving notice.

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Liberal

Geoff Regan Liberal Halifax West, NS

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I move that the Minister of Natural Resources be invited to appear before this committee before December 7, 2009, to discuss the supplementary estimates of the Department of Natural Resources.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Alan Tonks

You've heard the motion.

Mr. Anderson.

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Conservative

David Anderson Conservative Cypress Hills—Grasslands, SK

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Certainly, should this pass, we would be willing to take the invitation to the minister. She's just here recently, of course, but we'll certainly take it to her. We would all love to discuss the supplementary estimates, I'm sure.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Alan Tonks

Is there any further discussion?

(Motion agreed to)

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Some hon. members

On division.

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The Chair

On division.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Alan Tonks

The meeting is adjourned.