Mr. Randolph Mank at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On January 31st, 2008. See this statement in context.

January 31st, 2008 / 4:15 p.m.

Director General, Asia South and Pacific Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

If one is to extract profit from investment--and that's what investment is intended for--then presumably this aspect of the new economic measures will have some effect in that area.

This is something that was certainly thought through and considered, and we are as concerned about ongoing investments as you are.

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