Mr. Speaker, do you know what foreign takeovers have meant to my community?
Two of Canada's most profitable companies, Inco and Falconbridge, were taken over by international mining giants. Hundreds of jobs were lost. Pensions were attacked. Wages were cut. Workers were forced into the longest strike in history. That is how Xstrata's and Vale's takeovers worked.
How is that a net benefit to Sudbury?