Ms. Liliane saint pierre at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On March 3rd, 2009. See this statement in context.

March 3rd, 2009 / 12:35 p.m.

Assistant Deputy Minister, Acquisitions Branch, Department of Public Works and Government Services

Thank you for those comments. Let us share with you the detailed data that led us to the figure of 49%.

I mentioned that the percentage was based on the business income generated by Canadian companies. So if you take $12.6 billion, our amount, you have to subtract the portion that went to foreign companies. In 2007-2008, that figure from foreign suppliers was $2.7 billion. So our calculation starts from a base of $9.8 billion. If you do the math then, you get 49%.

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