As I think the minister mentioned, and as you may have seen in the mandate letters, we're working with Treasury Board to make sure that the socio-economic benefits that the government identifies can be applied in a holistic way, not just to defence procurement but to all federal procurement. As I think the committee is aware, they're about half and half. Of the roughly $17 billion that's spent each year, half is large complex military procurements, and the other is major procurements such as nuclear facilities and bridges. What we're doing is modernizing our procurement tools to make sure that whatever the socio-economic desire is, it can be applied in procurement to the extent possible.
On May 17th, 2016. See this statement in context.