Discussion · Government Orders
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe Bloc Québécois
“Canada's new investment fund is not independent, so the government should stop comparing it to Norway's fund. They only share the same name.”
“Mr. Speaker, Canada’s new sovereign wealth fund is neither sovereign nor independent, and yet my colleague continues to compare it to Norway’s sovereign wealth fund. The only thing these two funds have in common—because they do indeed have one thing in common—is the name. My question is very specific, and I would like my colleague to answer it. If the government buys a cat and tells everyone it is a horse, does he think people will call it a horse or a cat?”
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Mr. Speaker, Canada’s new sovereign wealth fund is neither sovereign nor independent, and yet my colleague continues to compare it to Norway’s sovereign wealth fund. The only thing these two funds have in common—because they do indeed have one thing in common—is the name. My question is very specific, and I would like my colleague to answer it. If the government buys a cat and tells everyone it is a horse, does he think people will call it a horse or a cat?