Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you for being here, Mr. Minister. I also thank the deputy ministers.
Mr. Minister, you stated that foreign investment has an impact on productivity, that foreign investment increases competitiveness. Finally, you have a very positive view of foreign investment.
In my area, we have lived through an experience. Rio Tinto has taken over Alcan. The first thing Rio Tinto did in my area — and even outside of it — was to sell off its processing business. Decisions are being made in London. This company, which is headquartered in London, is much less sensitive to the impact on the people and the demands of the people in my area or from outside.
I would like to draw a parallel with telecommunications and foreign investment. Do you agree that what I just described could also happen in the industry under discussion here? Foreign companies, foreign investment in telecommunications means we, Quebeckers and Canadians, largely lose control over the Quebec and Canadian cultural content we want to protect.