I guess the scenario one can see might involve a company with a perfectly good reputation, like most Canadian companies--I don't think there's any argument about that. A project begins somewhere in the world--say, Madagascar--and it's proceeding and an allegation is raised. The consequence of that allegation down the road, if it were proven, would mean the withdrawal of EDC support, according to this bill.
In the meantime, for an indeterminate length of time.... The Canadian government would presumably then have to go to the government of a given country and say there's a Canadian company and it's alleged that they may have broken some Canadian law--help us investigate that company. The investigation might take place. The minister might decide that the allegation was baseless, but the result would have to be gazetted. Then it would be subject to a legal appeal.
The process would lead to uncertainty about what was going to happen. Why would I want to invest in a project where the financing might fall through partway through, on the basis of an allegation from a competitor that would have liked to have had that contract in the first place?