Mr. Speaker, I think the opposition leader has not quite understood the answer. I just informed him that EDC does not operate on taxpayer money. Over the last 50 years it has received $1 bill for its equity fund.
As for its management, I would like to read the auditor general's 1998 report in which he said that in his opinion:
—the transactions of the corporation have in all significant respects been in accordance with the (...) Financial Administration Act and regulations, with the EDC Act, and the bylaws of the corporation.