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Scott Anderson

Conservative on Business of Supply

Replying to Mario Beaulieu (Bloc Québécois)
“Mr. Speaker, it is clear that there is a rather blurred line between buying Canadian and buying from American subsidiaries. Earlier, a member gave IBM as an example of buying Canadian because IBM has had a subsidiary in her riding for a long time. What criteria does my colleague think should be used to determine whether a business is Canadian, as opposed to an American business with subsidiaries in Canada?”

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Mr. Speaker, my job is not to determine the exact makeup, but I will say that when we have something as glaring as an American-owned company and a Canadian-owned non-profit, we do not need to take it to a large jury to find out which one we should be picking.