Yes, thank you.
With all due respect to some of the comments that have been made, we are not going to request that the minister reveal corporate secrets or satellite pictures that the technology has been able to capture.
We want to know what criteria he's going to be looking at, and we want reassurance from him that Canadian interests are going to be protected in this sale.
Given that it is the purview of the ministry of industry and the industry minister who is involved in this, I believe he should appear before the committee and allow us the opportunity to ask him questions. And obviously he will need to comply with the law in terms of not revealing information that should not be revealed. Describing the criteria he's going to be basing his decision on...and there may be all kinds of other areas that he is well within his rights to answer questions on. I think it would be important for Canadians to see that their concerns are being raised and that the issues that have been publicly debated are being addressed by this committee.
I believe this is the appropriate committee to review this sale, and it is appropriate that the minister come himself to answer what he can, but also to hear the concerns that people are raising with us, whether or not he has appropriate answers at that time.