Mr. Chair, I would like to move the following motion, which was put on notice on October 17, 2025, by MP Shannon Stubbs:
That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee undertake a study on the decision of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) and the Liberal government to award a contract reportedly worth $1.2 billion per year to a consortium entirely composed of U.S. companies to manage Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, and, for the purpose of this study:
(a) schedule no fewer than three meetings;
(b) invite the Minister of Natural Resources to appear, by himself, for one hour;
(c) invite appropriate officials from AECL, including Fred Dermarkar, President and CEO;
(d) invite appropriate officials from Natural Resources Canada;
(e) invite appropriate officials from the Treasury Board Secretariat;
(f) invite other witnesses the committee deems appropriate; and
(g) order the production of all memoranda, briefing notes, e-mails, text messages, instant messages, records of conversations, and any other relevant documents related to this decision in the possession of AECL, Natural Resources Canada, any minister’s office, the Treasury Board Secretariat, the Privy Council Office, and the Prime Minister’s Office, and that these documents are to be submitted to the clerk of the committee in both official languages and without redaction within three weeks of the adoption of this motion.
I'm not going to read it in French, just to spare myself the embarrassment.