Mr. Speaker, that is clarity, except for the “exceptional circumstances”.
What does that mean? It means they decide what it means on Friday, but that things can be different on Monday, which is not a problem. That is what this government does. This is consummate arrogance.
The public is entitled to be consulted. Under the investment agreement, China would now have a right to purchase shares in anything pertaining to leases on reserves in the Rockies and in western Canada.
They are saying that they can give our natural resources to a foreign power without even listening to the public.