Mr. Speaker, the largest percentage of stock, the majority of the board of directors and the resources themselves are Canadian.
It was laughable yesterday and again today to hear the Liberal Party members standing up and raising questions about foreign takeovers after they refused to say no to a single one after having dealt with over 11,000 of them during their tenure. It is almost as laughable as the government's approach because under its watch only one was turned down.
There is only a handful of staff looking after these reviews. In fact, it looks like there is maybe one person studying the deal for a few hours. The rest are carrying around the rubber stamp.
After three decades of ineptitude on foreign investment, when will we have a policy that defends--