Thank you, Mr. Chairman,
I'm going to follow up on that because I think it's important for the public to understand this. By adding that amendment, we—the minister and the government—circumvented this committee process and the due democratic process, because we didn't have a study of these amendments at committee, we didn't have testimony from expert witnesses, and we didn't have a chance to make amendments. So we actually have a significant departure in the Investment Canada Act that has never been tested before and never been analyzed. We could have had all-party support; I've been supporting this initiative for many years.
We're left now with a couple of blank spots, and now it has been five months. Where are we with the implementation of this act? Are we actually following the act?
There are two things I need to know right away. First of all, have you moved the threshold from $312 million to the $1 billion? It's supposed to happen over four years, but where is that threshold right now? Second of all, is the national security review active and ongoing right now?