One of the objectives here is to help support our Canadian industry. We have a lot of companies in this country that have very specialized technologies and skills and have the potential for huge exports. In fact, 50% of the defence and security work in Canada is exported. We want to support those companies, help them grow, and also help them develop the imprimatur, if you like, for exporting. If they've done business with the Government of Canada, that helps them export to other countries, and that's a good thing, because that's creating jobs and economic growth here while bringing in foreign investment dollars.
On March 27th, 2014. See this statement in context.