Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the answers from the parliamentary secretary and her presentation today was excellent.
I know she talked a lot about the energy piece, but looking at the bigger picture, I think it is surprising to most Canadians, and these statistics from Statistics Canada, that Canada has an incoming foreign investment of almost $608 billion, yet Canadians invest abroad at a rate of $684 billion.
Could the parliamentary secretary tell the House why foreign investment by Canadians is important to the development of all sectors of our economy?