Dave Van Kesteren at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On October 5th, 2006. See this statement in context.

October 5th, 2006 / 5:15 p.m.

Conservative

Dave Van Kesteren Conservative Chatham-Kent—Essex, ON

We heard amazing statistics here. I didn't know there were 44 million South Koreans. Where's the statistic by the Prime Minister of Australia? I think he said 40 million new people enter the middle class in Asia every year. That's an incredible statistic.

First of all, do you know how many people are newly entering the middle class in Korea, and will this type of deal help us to tap into that, the possibilities?

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