Government Operations committee  Mr. Chairman, no, I don't. I think the reality—and on this I would agree with Mr. Mulroney—is that the absence of policy decisions at the top makes it more difficult for the government, more broadly writ, to respond to the threat from China. I think the importance of a policy, or

Government Operations committee  I think, Mr. Chair, that's probably unrealistic. China is still a trading partner of Canada and is likely to be so into the future. If you were to ask Canadian rapeseed farmers and pork farmers, I suspect they envisage trading with China. Do we need to trade with China a lot mo

Government Operations committee  I think that probably is unrealistic, but again, if you have a policy on what your relationship with China is and it's clearly stated, and you are more careful—

Government Operations committee  Yes. That's exactly right.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  They're probably already not going to buy much in the way of technology from Canada. Nortel tried to sell into China without any success, so the reality—

Government Operations committee  It's nonetheless true today.

Government Operations committee  I doubt very much whether they were able to sell very much into China.

Government Operations committee  It's case-by-case, but also, as David Mulroney said earlier, we need a policy. We need to know what our policy is with respect to China. Once you know what the policy is, many of the other decisions will fall out from that, together with building a relationship with other countri

Government Operations committee  I didn't say that the policy was case-by-case. We need to know what our intentions are vis-à-vis China and what we're prepared to accept and what we're not prepared to accept.

Government Operations committee  If you're thinking about the present procurement of Nuctech, the reality is that it's a relatively minor thing. You could add to the security review that was done that they should have looked at the technology of the equipment that was being bought, as well as the two security is

Canada-China Relations committee  Mr. Chairman, I have not put in any written remarks, but I did want to make a few comments before the session begins. First, let me say it's a pleasure to appear before the committee. Some of my views are public on issues such as Huawei and the Meng case, and the detention of th

Canada-China Relations committee  Okay. Thank you.

Canada-China Relations committee  My view on the subject, frankly, is that the last time we as a country decided not to participate in the Olympics—which was the boycott in the Soviet Union—was really not a success. It did nothing to further the point. Frankly, it was not a success. That should not be taken as a

Canada-China Relations committee  I think, Mr. Chairman, the approach to reviewing businesses is likely to be an ongoing process. The reality is that it has moved substantially from the first cases that really became an issue with respect to the Chinese acquisition of businesses in Canada. I think it really does