Absolutely. At the end of the day, this is a response to the private sector's cry, which we heard loud and clear, that the Government of Canada was very hesitant to be the first buyer of innovation. They wanted the Canadian government to step up and be the tester, because that's what's called a reference buy, when they can go to other people who may be interested in their product and other governments and say “my government bought it”. That's really a good endorsement. So it is to really help, as our minister says, kick-start Canadian companies.
On October 6th, 2011. See this statement in context.