Dr. Charles Burton at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

I presume that any investment that Canada makes abroad is made because we wish to attain profitability, not because we wish to impose a political, non-democratic agenda on the country involved. I'm not suggesting that we should restrict Canadian firms from making investments abroad because we need to preserve that capacity inside Canada, but this kind of question I would defer to my colleagues, who are more knowledgeable about international economics.