Thank you, Chair.
This is a highly integrated sector. There's incredible strength here in Canada. There's incredible strength of Canadian companies in the United States and of United States companies here as well. Ownership and benefits on both sides of the border have flowed literally for decades since the creation of nuclear energy. We have our problems right now with the United States, but they are still a friend and ally. Many of us have relatives down there. We have friends down there. We have connections far and wide, and the rhetoric has gotten a little superheated here. Words like “cover-up” are a bit silly. Suggestions that anyone is running out of money, particularly the Government of Canada, which has the strongest balance sheet in the G7, are a bit unserious.
We're currently in a forestry study. It's a very important study. As the opposition was discussing even at the last meeting, this is a long-standing crisis that needs to be addressed with seriousness. In my opinion, this is not the time to address this motion. It is not a motion I would currently support. I would like to finish the forestry study; perhaps then we can take up consideration of the motion. For that reason I move to adjourn debate.