Mr. Speaker, for months the Conservatives have been planning to auction off Nexen behind closed doors.
They know that Albertans do not want a Chinese state-owned corporation to own a portion of our oil industry. They tried to downplay it during the Calgary-Centre byelection because they were afraid of losing.
They do not want to introduce new criteria for foreign investment and, as usual, their decision will be 100% political.
Will they admit that they plan to approve the takeover and to hell with the details?