Industry committee  I'd be happy with that sort of information, at this stage. I think it could be an incremental process. We have very little information for the time being, so the information I indicated in my opening remarks and which you just summarized would, I think, be a helpful start. If we

Industry committee  This is part of the problem. I know the national security reviews that I have been involved in, but I don't know the national security reviews that others have been involved in. One can read media reports, one can speculate about reviews, but there's not a great data source about

Industry committee  There is a variety of ways. It could come to the attention of the investment review division of Industry Canada. The parties themselves can submit a notification form or an application for review to the government, and that would trigger a review. If, for example, there were a de

Industry committee  That is a bit of a loaded question the way you posed it. I'm never going to say that it's inappropriate to carry out a proper study. What I can say to you—our substantive point—is that in practice I think there is sufficient understanding of the net benefit standard to allow us t

Industry committee  Sure, I'm happy to. I should begin by saying that Mr. Rowlinson's comments go beyond the scope of the issues that we considered as part of our committee when looking at the proposed amendments to the Investment Canada Act in Bill C-43. I would observe, however, that there is a ne

Industry committee  Thank you very much. Good morning, Mr. Chair, members of the committee. I am pleased to appear before you today on behalf of the Canadian Bar Association in response to division 9 of part 4 of Bill C-43 amending the Investment Canada Act. The Canadian Bar Association is an ass