Finance committee  If you mean a PPP, I do not see this as one. I was referring to ASDs. In terms of PPPs…

Finance committee  I think all governments benefit from PPP programs. Risks are shared by both government and the industry. Not having the possibility of PPPs is a mistake, as I see it. They allow you to save money.

Finance committee  I think the two things are slightly different. PPPs are private-public partnership.

Finance committee  Do you want me to talk about the Mercury program or about the helicopters?

Finance committee  Let me talk to you about the helicopter program. We are well-established in Canada and our helicopters are Canadian. We have 200 people working in Fort Erie, not very far from here. The helicopters we could offer to the Coast Guard would have quite a significant Canadian conten

Finance committee  That is difficult. It is not my area of expertise. Maybe Guillaume LePrince could answer that.

Finance committee  In terms of the other program, the one like Mercury Global, we use commercial satellites. We have a constellation of satellites that we call Skynet. Telesat is a supplier of satellites that we use as well.

Finance committee  It's a long story. I think because we are fighting against Boeing--

Finance committee  --for a long time--

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  I do not quite share your point of view, and here is why. When you have to buy military materiel, it has to meet your needs, and it is not clear that a single supplier can fully do that. Suppliers do not necessarily have everything in their inventories. So you have to deal with s

Finance committee  Yes, I think it's totally a good idea.

Finance committee  Yes, but the policy your government is taking today is to focus more on the support we have to bring to the Canadian industry. If you look at the last speech by Julian Fantino, the associate minister for defence, he addressed this concern by saying you have to look at some more C

Finance committee  Yes. I think you have to be fully open—

Finance committee  Yes, I think it's much better because it's the best value for the taxpayer.