Mr. David O'Sullivan:

I think the Senator will find in the investment chapter, and particularly the investment protection parts of the chapter, in CETA very strong language on the right of countries to regulate and set clear limits as to the things companies can lay claim to if they believe they have been unfairly treated or discriminated against and generally delineating very carefully the areas which can be the subject of the investor court system. The investor court system put in place a quasi-judicial system of a first instance and then an appellate body with permanent membership by qualified legal experts. In response to an earlier question I had to admit that I do not know the precise mechanism that is proposed for their appointment. It would be easy to check. I would not want to mislead the committee but I would be surprised if it is not a fairly transparent system of both the Canadians and the Europeans putting forward names and then agreeing a final list in a fairly transparent way. Honestly, I do not want to mislead the committee. Either I can check it or somebody else can check it for the Senator. It is an answerable question but I do not have the answer for her.