Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for his speech.
In his previous speech, the hon. member for Vaudreuil-Soulanges said that Canadians were very concerned because the CNOOC takeover did not provide them with any energy security, economic security, monitoring or guarantee of economic spinoffs.
My question is for my hon. colleague opposite. Why did the Conservative government approve the CNOOC takeover without imposing new conditions when Canadians asked for conditions to be imposed and CNOOC even seemed prepared to give more?