Given that the Canadian dollar is on an incline, and it's a very attractive currency at the moment, competing on the open market globally you come down to two things when you do business in aerospace: you either have the technology and innovation no one else has that you can deploy and leverage better than your competition, or you do it for a lower unit cost outlay. What is going to make our Canadian firms attractive in the future to supply Boeing Canada is a continuous improvement mindset whereby they're always going after doing better day after day, with a higher level of quality. If we can find a way whereby the government can continue to promote learning and the leverage of technology and techniques, it will make these firms more attractive to do business with, and ultimately, when they compete on the open market, it's going to come down to either technology or whether they can do it for a lower value than others.
On May 27th, 2008. See this statement in context.