Dave Van Kesteren at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On May 5th, 2014. See this statement in context.

May 5th, 2014 / 4:55 p.m.

Conservative

Dave Van Kesteren Conservative Chatham-Kent—Essex, ON

I guess the question begs to be asked as well: why did Canada lag so long?

You're smiling.

It's almost as though we invited the pirates to our shores. Would it attract more business if we did? Maybe it's the type of business we don't want to have. It seems to be the right thing to do. Why did we take so long to do this?

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