Thank you, Chair.
Thank you very much to departmental officials for being with us today.
Five minutes isn't a lot of time, so I'm going to focus my questions just on one area. I'm particularly interested in the Investment Canada Act.
There have been newspaper stories recently saying that Alberta Premier Alison Redford and former industry minister Jim Prentice are being critical of the uncertainty we have created in this country because of the treatment of the Investment Canada Act. I come from Hamilton, where U.S. Steel bought Stelco. My colleague from Sudbury has witnessed the purchase of Inco by Vale. Workers are as concerned if not more concerned than the premier and the former industry minister.
I want to ask about moneys that were earmarked for enforcing the undertakings that have been made under the Investment Canada Act. For example, in Hamilton we know that production employment targets weren't met.
I don't know what the enforcement mechanism is and how much we spend on it, what funds are earmarked for the office of the director of investments, and what funds are earmarked for review of foreign takeovers under national security considerations.
I'll just start with those three questions for now.