Cooperation in procurement is a worldwide phenomenon. No country has a capacity to do everything themselves, not even the United States. They import UAVs and others. We do need to cooperate. We have companies such as Bombardier, BlackBerry, Bell that have capacity. The problem is that when we have relatively very low defence spending and very low acquisition, and we do that in Canada particularly in terms of our needs, then we have less of a say. In terms of procurement of aircraft, if you buy a very small number, it is the fact that you are lucky to get less in terms of a contract to cooperate.
On May 8th, 2014. See this statement in context.