Canadian Heritage committee  That way, when we provide our recommendations to government, we will have a clear perspective on where all parties are coming from.

Iraq  Mr. Speaker, these flip-flops will not go unnoticed. The anti-American remarks from the government have not gone unnoticed, neither has its failure to stand by our friends and allies. Today, the American ambassador stated that the United States would stand behind Canada in a crisis without debate and without hesitation, and he asked why we are not doing the same for our friends now.

Iraq  Mr. Speaker, last week the Prime Minister said he was against regime change in Iraq from the outside. Yesterday the foreign affairs minister said, “We as a government are supportive of the United States' desire to get rid of Saddam Hussein”. What is the government's position today on Saddam Hussein?

Iraq  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister failed to answer my question. Canadians want Saddam Hussein removed and the Prime Minister should stand with them. I will give the Prime Minister one more chance to answer this question clearly. Does the Prime Minister hope to see the allies remove Saddam Hussein?

Iraq  Mr. Speaker, on Friday the Minister of Foreign Affairs did not rule out participation in the allied military campaign in Iraq. The government has now had the weekend to reflect on subsequent events and to reconsider its position. Is the government now prepared to stand with our American and British friends for the end of the rule of Saddam Hussein?

Iraq  Mr. Speaker, two world wars demonstrated that principles do not matter unless one is prepared to fight and stand for them. Saddam is not just killing allied personnel. He is threatening his own people. He has placed military buildings inside residential areas. We have documented evidence of him using women and children as human shields.

Industry committee  Okay. Now we have the billion-dollar threshold coming up. I want to make sure we're clear on that. That no longer follows international standards, right? We are now exceeding international standards on the threshold. Is that correct?

Industry committee  The Investment Canada Act is very clear about what the value of the assets is and how it needs to be determined for purposes of applying the threshold and determining whether or not a transaction is subject to the act. So it is in regulation.

Industry committee  If we can make it a little more specific to the situation we have now, I've been looking at what has been suggested and how things have been playing around, and they haven't been overly clear. I'm drawing a picture in my mind and I want to know if this is a plausible outcome. If you look at Nortel as it stands, it has a number of corporate tax credits and SR and ED tax credits sitting there--real assets--probably worth more than the company is worth if they had a profit.

Industry committee  As regards the net benefit criterion under the act, the act prescribes a very clear threshold. If a transaction is above that threshold, it is subject to review.

Industry committee  Chairman, I just want to assure Mr. Henderson that I don't plan to give away my cellphone, but to be clear, I wrote on the home page that it is the property of the taxpayers of Canada. I'm sure all my colleagues at this table also wrote that on their home page.

Industry committee  They went to court, they raised those concerns, and the court modified the process. So it is very clear that there is a protocol for doing this, and it's not through the media.

Industry committee  I think that's what I'm trying to clear here. I don't want the interpretation to be out there that later on, a year later, somebody else can simply pick up this technology right away and be in the market. This is really high stakes, because what you're getting, just as important as the current technology information, is the research and development of the minds of those employees who have created that.

Industry committee  First, we will employ approximately 800 Canadian Nortel employees, of which approximately 400 are directly involved with LTE development. Second, we are licensing certain LTE patents on a non-exclusive basis. To be clear on the latter point, we are not purchasing any LTE patents from Nortel; we are simply licensing them on a non-exclusive basis. Nortel will remain the owner of its LTE patents and will be free to license or sell them to other companies, should they choose to do so.

Industry committee  I think we were fairly clear on that: the LTE assets and the LTE patents as well.