Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a brief comment on the hon. member's answer to the last question.
It was clear that there were no offers made to purchase Ginn from these three Canadian companies. What she told us was that they may have expressed an interest in that which is very well and good but it is a long way from actually making an offer. CDIC has told us clearly that there was no offers ever received for the purchase of these companies from anybody. There were opportunities on several occasions for offers to be made but there was never an offer made.
The hon. member has said she might be interested, that might be nice. It is nice after the fact when one never has to cough up the $10.3 million, but there was never really an offer made and the hon. member has just stated that.