Mr. Speaker, I do appreciate the questions from the hon. member. I will take his questions in order.
The hon. member asked about the three Canadian companies that were prepared to purchase Ginn. In telephone conversations that we have had with those companies there was a willingness and a searching for an opportunity to become involved in the tendering process. There is some question about the inflated value at this point about Ginn and that answer will also suffice with respect to question number two.
I have a sense that when we look at that inflated price it comes back to the lack of revelation in terms of the actual purchase price of CDIC of Ginn Publishing in the first place. There is some real confusion with respect to how that was initiated and took place.
Because there are still so many questions surrounding the initial sale and the moneys that exchanged I have to say to the hon. member that he too is speculating on those numbers with respect to the many millions of dollars paid.
On the matter of philosophy, I do believe that entrepreneurship is a spirit in this country that needs to be generated and promoted. I am very much in favour of competition in the free marketplace. I do believe that governments should get out of business. That is my bottom line.