Market. Since November, the run up in interest rate expectations has impacted many of the stable companies they like to invest in. These firms tend to hold slightly higher levels of debt, but it is part of their business and he is not concerned. He is now looking where to engage their cash position. He would be looking at pipelines. Owing Canadian real estate in general is great value – offering 7-8% rates of return.
Government ownership of TransMountain Pipeline. As an investor, he sees the issue as a regulatory issue and sees no room for government ownership. He thinks it highlights how the government has no idea how investment decisions are made in the market. He thinks it is crazy and is afraid it may chase money away from our country. He could accuse the government of forcing the project to drop in value and then buying it at the bottom -- hinting at securities fraud.
As a non-engineer in Toronto, he thinks it has fallen from grace and should be fantastic to own. It was the first company they bought when commodity prices fell – they got stopped out. He does not know why it has not turned around – he likes the business and management. It may take a while for the company to get fixed, but the investors have moved away from this whole space.