Mr. Speaker, France would not sell the Eiffel Tower any more than the United States would sell its Statue of Liberty.
We now have learned that every Canadian institution by which we define ourselves as Canadians is on the auction block, or should I say the government's hit list. The Royal Canadian Mint, the CBC, VIA Rail are on that list. The government might as well hang a billboard on the Peace Tower that says: “Fire Sale. Going out of Business. Everything Must Go”.
It is a poor business manager who tries to balance the books by selling-off everything of any value.
Will the government not just admit that this fire sale of assets is more about ideology than it is about economics?