An Act to permit the resumption and continuation of the operation of the National Research Universal Reactor at Chalk River  Mr. McGee, you said that you could have the safety case by Thursday. Is that correct?

An Act to permit the resumption and continuation of the operation of the National Research Universal Reactor at Chalk River  Mr. McGee, I think we could spend a lifetime arguing this point with you but I do not want to do that. I want to move forward. This is a very serious scenario and you are aware of the health consequences to Canadians. We need this safety case to be put together as quickly as pos

An Act to permit the resumption and continuation of the operation of the National Research Universal Reactor at Chalk River  Mr. Chair, I would like to know from Mr. McGee when the reactor can be up and running, assuming the safety case were acceptable to the commission. I just want to have a visual understanding as to what day the reactor could be up and running if the safety case were submitted on Th

An Act to permit the resumption and continuation of the operation of the National Research Universal Reactor at Chalk River  Mr. Chair, I need help. What we are saying is we really do not want to suspend the regulation, but at the same time we want the nuclear reactor to be up and running quickly. It sounds like it is just a matter of paperwork that is not being done. Why are we not getting that paperw

Chalk River Nuclear Facilities  Mr. Speaker, last night, the House of Commons reluctantly passed an unprecedented law to cover for the incompetence of the Conservative government. The situation in Chalk River turned into a crisis after a year and a half of inaction. The government should have been aware of the

Chalk River Nuclear Facilities  Mr. Speaker, I noticed that the minister did not answer the question. I do not know what the problem is. Is it that he did not know of the problem or that he knew and did nothing? I wonder which is worse. In the last annual report, AECL did not report that it might have a proble

Chalk River Nuclear Facilities  Mr. Speaker, I have independent advice that this is not true. My question is for the Minister of Justice. It is clear that the government has deliberately been undermining the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. Incredibly, the justice department cutoff legal advice to the regul

Chalk River Nuclear Facilities  Speaking of advice, Mr. Speaker, this week the Prime Minister cowardly attempted to undermine the credibility of the nuclear safety commissioner by accusing her of being a partisan hack, and the record shows she is not. Ironically, the Prime Minister decided to overrule an indep

Chalk River Nuclear Facilities  Mr. Speaker, in yet another example of one more ministerial incompetency, the natural resources minister has proved he is just as clueless as his cabinet colleagues. He was asleep at the switch leading up to the Chalk River fiasco. Here is what the Prime Minister said. “No actor

Chalk River Nuclear Facilities  Mr. Speaker, only that minister can take pride in the fact that Parliament has done his job. If he had done his job, we would not have had to rule on the matter in the House. The only action that the minister did was to fire the independent safety regulator. He fired her without

Chalk River Nuclear Facilities  Mr. Speaker, the Conservative government has the AECL fiasco backward. The Conservatives fired the nuclear safety regulator for doing her job and protected the minister for failing to do his job. Now the Minister of Natural Resources wants the nuclear safety regulator to have th

Chalk River Nuclear Facilities  Mr. Speaker, Canadians are still waiting for that minister to drop his rehearsed line and answer the serious questions. Last night on television, Brian McGee, who is a senior official at AECL, said, “I'm accountable and responsible for this”. It is a breath of fresh air that the

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, we know the Conservative government has a pattern of smearing members of Parliament. We know this junior minister has a particular pattern in smearing and stereotyping communities. In his response to a question that was directed to him in question period, he associa

Chalk River Nuclear Facilities  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives' bungling of the Chalk River fiasco has given Canada's stellar record on nuclear safety a black eye. The respected British journal, New Scientist, says Canada is “sending out a dangerous message over nuclear safeguards”. How can the Conservatives e

Chalk River Nuclear Facilities  Mr. Speaker, Canadians do not agree with the firing of the nuclear safety commissioner. Communities that host nuclear reactors do not trust the government when it comes to the nuclear safety regulator. The city council of Kincardine unanimously passed a motion calling on the Cons