Mr. Arun Thangaraj at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On June 7th, 2018. See this statement in context.

June 7th, 2018 / 4:35 p.m.

Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Planning, Finance and Information Technology, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

Arun Thangaraj

The commitment was larger. Shares become available at certain times. I can't remember the amount offhand, but $199 million of shares were authorized, which we have purchased at this point.

We have authorization to purchase more, and that's what Canada is committed to doing, but at this point the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has made available to Canada only $199 million U.S.

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