Mr. Speaker, the CNOOC-Nexen deal is going from bad to worse.
This week, the Conservatives announced that Simon Kennedy, the director of Investment Canada, will be replaced as soon as the takeover bid is approved, which is another way of ensuring that no one will have to answer for this decision.
The Conservatives have had an uncoordinated approach from the start. They have prevented Canadians from joining the debate and they have not defined the concept of net benefit. I have a simple question.
Do the Conservatives think that a foreign government should have control over Canada's natural resources?