Madam Speaker, if my colleague had given me notice of the question ahead of time, I could have been very specific. I will get the information for him.
I know that a substantial portion has been repaid. I know that there have been in some instances rather interesting interest rates. However, I will get the specific details for him. I hope that my colleague is not saying that if it was not all repaid that it was a total failure. What is my colleague saying? That is what I am trying to get at.
I know, Madam Speaker, that you and my other colleagues are very much interested in what is behind the question. If the hon. member really wanted to know those interest rates and if he really wanted to know the exact portion—and he is a very clever colleague—he would have given that question to me in writing and he would have known that I would have had the answer for him.
My suspicion is that there is something behind it. I think he is trying to say that the Reform Party does not agree that the government ought to have such a program; that the Reform Party does not believe we ought to be assisting high tech companies, small and medium size companies to go forth and produce products which can be sold in Canada and throughout the world. That is what I think is happening.