Mr. Speaker, I thank the opposition leader for his very interesting question. I inform the House that over the last 50 years, all in all, the Canadian government has granted about $1 billion to the EDC for its equity fund. The rest is money it makes on loans on the market. Therefore, it cannot be more than $1 billion over 50 years.
Over the years the EDC, a very well run institution, has actually made profits year after year.