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Rick Perkins

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • South Shore—St. Margarets
  • Nova Scotia
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Context: House Hansard - 156 - Feb/8/23
Mr. Rick Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets, CPC)
  • Feb/8/23 5:45:16 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-34 
Madam Speaker, in response to the member for Winnipeg North, I will add food as one of the industries that should be on the list. However, my question is around the issue of assets. The Investment Canada Act focuses on companies, but more and more, we are seeing Canadian companies selling their strategic assets, sometimes to countries that are not favourable to us. A company could remain Canadian but sell off a mine; a technology; or in our intangible asset world, even data. Could the member speak to the issue that, if the bill goes to committee, which I believe it will, we should be looking at it in terms of the areas of assets in addition to just companies?
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