Jim Abbott at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On October 27th, 2009. See this statement in context.

October 27th, 2009 / 9:45 a.m.

Conservative

Jim Abbott Conservative Kootenay—Columbia, BC

You would agree that the petroleum extraction is ongoing, whether it's by a Canadian company or a Chinese company.

I'll go to Mr. Casey, who mentioned the amount of investment that is currently on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It represents a very significant part of our Canadian economy. Would you be able to give us a best guess of the percentage that are irresponsible companies. What percentage represents the wealth of the irresponsible companies--50%, 60%, 40%? Or are we talking about a very, very few on the Toronto Stock Exchange?

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