I read the trade agreements very clearly as an attempt to be non-discriminatory. We are not to discriminate against suppliers of signatories to the trade agreements any more than they are against our companies.
When we are looking at procurements, however, there are a number of things we look at first of all. What is it we're buying? Some trade agreements list things that are included and others list things that are excluded. So we need to do a proper review and see which agreement is applicable in the particular case of what it is we're buying. It may not be.
We need to look at who we're buying for. Some government entities are excluded. The Canadian Space Agency, for example, is not covered by NAFTA, by the international trade agreements. It is covered by the national ones, the AIT, the agreement on internal trade, but not the international.
We also have to look at the dollar value of what it is we're purchasing, because each of the trade agreements has different thresholds at which they apply for both goods and services.
So we look at all three elements. And then in addition to that, we have to look at whether there are any other considerations we need to take into account, like land claims.