To begin, I would just like to point out my displeasure that the minister didn't appear today. Whether he's busy or not, this is a large expenditure, and there's a lot of money going to universities, so it would have been nice to hear from him. I have nothing against our guests here today at all, but it would have been nice for him to be here today to defend the amount he's spending, which is not quite $1 billion, but it's pretty close. Maybe he'll be here for the next one.
To our witnesses here today, I'm sure you're able to comment on the Investment Canada Act and the net benefit test. Recently a decision was made to allow Lowe's to purchase Rona on the basis that somehow it would be a net benefit to Canadians. I wonder if anybody here could explain to us how that is a benefit to Canadians. If you can't, I wonder if the minister, who's not here, has asked anybody in the department to review the Investment Canada Act or the net benefit test, because we know that many more cases will be coming up in the future.