Natural Resources Committee on May 28th, 2021

[Mollie Johnson]

Let me see what I can do.

Thank you very much.

I will just say that the government has a long history with nuclear. A number of our Nobel Prizes in Canada come from nuclear. We also have committed to using it for peaceful purposes, and it provides a big part of our non-emitting power within Canada.

With the SMR action plan that was released, it demonstrates one of the pathways that we're considering as Canada looks to the future and opportunities for decarbonization of our energy system.

As Mr. Cannings noted earlier, there are the other parts that we're looking at as we move forward, namely the radioactive waste policy and nuclear compensation liability. It's part of a balanced package as we move forward on nuclear.

[The Chair, Liberal, James Maloney]

That's great. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Serré.

Thank you to all of our witnesses. We're going to move to the votes on the main estimates and the supplementary estimates. You of course are welcome to stay and witness this historic occasion if you want to.

We can do this in one of two ways. We can do the mains and the supplementaries together; that is, if there is unanimous consent, we can vote on all of the individual motions collectively. We can do the mains separately and the supplementaries separately, or we can do them all together in one sweeping motion, which would be more efficient, obviously.

Does anybody object to doing it collectively? No? Okay. Great. Thank you.

Shall the votes referred to the committee in the main estimates and the supplementary estimates (A) carry?

[Greg McLean, Conservative, Calgary Centre, AB]

On division.

[The Chair, Liberal, James Maloney]

Thank you, Mr. McLean.

ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED Vote 1—Payments to the corporation for operating and capital expenditures..........$1,188,799,417

(Vote1 agreed to on division)

CANADIAN ENERGY REGULATOR

Vote 1—Program Expenditures..........$97,322,173

(Vote 1 agreed to on division)

CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION

Vote 1—Program expenditures..........$41,081,316

(Vote 1 agreed to on division)

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Vote 1—Operating expenditures..........$694,982,982

Vote 5—Capital expenditures..........$13,629,040

Vote 10—Grants and contributions..........$1,254,135,315

(Votes 1, 5 and 10 agreed to on division)

NORTHERN PIPELINE AGENCY

Vote 1—Program expenditures..........$540,000

(Vote 1 agreed to on division)

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Vote 1a—Operating expenditures..........$22,540,739

Vote 5a—Capital expenditures..........$700,000

Vote 10a—Grants and contributions..........$326,935,035

(Votes 1a, 5a and 10a agreed to on division)

[The Chair, Liberal, James Maloney]

Shall I report the votes back to the House?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Liberal, James Maloney]

Great, thank you.

Madam Clerk, unless I'm mistaken, I believe that takes care of all of our business.

Okay. That was efficient.

Thank you, everybody. Have an enjoyable Friday. I'm going to go home and hopefully not have to shovel my driveway.

I will see everybody on Monday. Enjoy the weekend.

Thanks again to all of our witnesses for your time.