Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you to our guests, both here and in B.C.
I just want to state for the record on the issue of whether or not we should have privatized MDA, we were clear. In fact, my colleague Ms. McDonough, at the time, tried to convince the government not to privatize and actually wanted to bring in stronger provisions to protect our technology. I'm not sure she had support from anyone around the table, but I'll leave that to others to view.
Just while we're naming names, my friend Mr. Goldring mentioned some people who are involved and didn't protect the public purse and suggested that there were some other interests. I also note that Mr. Emerson was a member of the board of MDA, so there are, I guess, lots of names to throw around.
On the issue of what policy options we have in front of us, I think there was sufficient confusion for Canadians as to what policy option the government should invoke. Mr. Prentice decided to use the Investment Canada Act, and again, for the record, we support his decision. We hope he sticks with it.
Mr. Byers, I have a question to you, and you mention this in your presentation, how to fortify the Investment Canada Act. What I get from you is to integrate the two paths we have in front of us for this particular sale of MDA—that was the Investment Canada Act and the Remote Sensing Space Systems Act. Is that what you're getting at? How do we ensure that we're not going to have this dilemma in front of us again? Surely, if we don't do anything now, in the future we'll have this dilemma in front of us.