Mr. Speaker, imagine a founder walking into a VC office and saying, “Hey, I don't really know what my product is and don't really have any sort of framework to govern this, but would you give me $25 billion? You can just put it on your credit card.” That is what we are being asked to do here. The member asks if I believe in this like it is the tooth fairy or something. I am sorry, I think the tooth fairy is broke in Canada right now. We cannot rely on hope and dreams and all of these sorts of things without tangible plans. This is—
In the House of Commons on April 30th, 2026. See this statement in context.
