Thank you, Mr. Chair.
AECL, right now, is in a competitive bidding process to issue its contract, and the process was done independently from the government. The contract is now being reviewed by the Competition Bureau, which ensures that contracts are in the best interest of Canada. This review by the Competition Bureau is done independently from politicians, whether Liberal, Bloc or Conservative, and so, for me, the Conservative motion would interfere with this process.
I call on my Conservative colleagues at the committee to respect the independence of the Competition Bureau and its review of the contract. I have no problem doing a study in the future on atomic energy, the role of Chalk River and all of that, but I think we need to respect that, Mr. Chair.