If I may, the creation of a defence industrial strategy would enable industry to make investments in production upgrades, in technology improvements, in human resource skills development, such that when programs come to market, Canadian industry will be well positioned to compete successfully for those programs.
The absence of an industrial plan leaves uncertainty in the mind of business, which typically will translate into a suboptimal investment in R and D, a suboptimal investment in plant and machinery upgrades and skills upgrades.