Mr. Speaker, the hon. member continues to talk about the Export Development Corporation like it is a corporation that does not do a good job in the country.
Let me quote from Malcolm Stephens, former head of the British equivalent of the EDC, who said “In my experience the facilities available to Canadian exporters are flexible and are administered with a professional expertise which few rivals in other countries have”.
This is a corporation that is needed by Canadian small business and medium sized enterprises to help them compete internationally with other—