The “buy Canadian” and “buy American” thing is really getting to us. It's interesting, then, that you do break out and keep track of the amount of goods purchased from Canadian firms versus goods purchased from foreign firms. In the U.S., let's face it, they've gone protectionist, period. Their “buy American” policy, as much as they deny it, is alive and well and being acted on.
I'm interested in the crossover. Does allocating more procurement opportunities to SMEs have the consequence of buying Canadian? Are more SMEs likely to be Canadian in that context?