Mr. Speaker, I listened with great fascination and some amusement, although maybe more concern, to my hon. colleague when she went off on her fantasy journey about carbon taxes.
However, that is not why we are here and I am surprised that she brought that up to derail the conversation.
I would like to ask her about the central issue, which is about selling our natural resource sector to a state-owned Chinese enterprise.
I am not sure if she has read the CSIS report. I think she would do well to read it. I do not know if her colleagues have read the CSIS report. The CSIS report on national security has raised specific questions about the foreign takeover of Canada's mineral and energy sector by state-owned enterprises.
The Globe and Mail editorial, dated September 25, stated:
Foreign espionage is surely not a “net benefit to Canada.”
I think we should take it very seriously in the House when CSIS is raising alarm bells that Canada is vulnerable on the issue of foreign investment by state-owned enterprises.
I would like to ask my hon. colleague if she thinks the issue of espionage by the Chinese government against our oil sector is an issue that the government has even considered.