Mr. Speaker, I would like to just follow up on this point a little for debate. Just to be clear, the motion that we have before the House today is non-votable. Perhaps that is a good way to start this debate.
As I mentioned earlier, I do not find the NDP motion either repugnant or difficult. I find it difficult because the issue is difficult, but in general perhaps this is an occasion when those members of the CPP investment board are going to do a little listening today. I hope they do. I hope they read the transcripts. I hope they wrestle with this a little bit, because I think it is something all Canadians wrestle with and there is no easy answer.
But at least, rather than having a decision of the House, which we are not going to have a vote on today, perhaps it is the best way to start. Perhaps it is best to get out these ideas and concerns that many Canadians have about ethical versus unethical companies. Some of them, as has been mentioned by the member from Edmonton--not Calgary, but Edmonton--seem pretty straightforward. Somebody is involved and their sole business is working a mine in a country with horrendous health, safety and human rights standards. It is pretty straightforward and I urge those people to consider that.
I have a question for the member opposite, though, if he could elaborate a little more. The trouble is that the NDP has said, for example, that General Electric is a merchant of death--