Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for entering into the debate in the direction that he went. I thought his arguments were rather lucid and very concise on the three points. I thought they were excellent.
I would like him to explain a bit further how he accounts for the potential shift in terms of administration in the mint today. I think he would agree that the mint administration today is exemplary. It has turned the mint around. It is now a profitable organization. It has good personnel relationships. It has a good operating plant. It is doing the job correctly.
With that kind of consistency and quality of management all the way we would not have to be too concerned about the policy, but the bill shifts the policy and gives all kinds of power to anyone.
The question becomes what sort of person will take over the management of the mint which is operating very successfully today. I have nothing but respect for the mint master, but the question is what happens if the mint master moves aside.
I wonder if the member could talk about that a little.
I would also like him to address the question of what happens if something goes awry and some of the things we have mentioned here today actually take place. How does one reverse legislation once it has gone to a point where this becomes a pattern, almost a culture that develops within a crown corporation? How does one change that culture once it is in place?