Mr. Speaker, I am more inclined to endorse the recommendations of the hon. member who spoke before the Reform member. I wonder which principles come into play. I can understand that there may have been companies which unfortunately entered in good faith into negotiations or made some kind of deal with T1 T2 Partnership Limited. But, getting back to what the Liberal member was saying, what reason would we have for compensating individuals who were truly involved in some kind of scheme against the government?
If a group of criminals spends a substantial amount of money plotting to rob a bank and then screws up, the bank is not about to compensate those people for the costs incurred in the planning of the robbery. That is the principle I am having trouble understanding. I hope that the Reform member is not trying to tell me that we would be better off paying compensation to avoid lawsuits from foreign companies. Is that what he is suggesting?