Certainly the implication of the national security exception does impact a supplier's ability to bring forward an action to CITT.
One thing that has been brought to our attention is that NSE continues to be an issue associated with COVID. In 2020-21, we saw 11 NSE-related cases. In the first six months of this year, we've seen seven national security exception-related cases.
That being said, we've also launched a knowledge-deepening and sharing piece specifically on the NSE to provide for a better understanding as to what exactly it means, what exactly the prospective outcomes are and how we can make considerations for making change. That piece should be published by my office before the summer of 2022. It's something that could potentially establish reasonable grounds for a subsequent systemic review related to the national security exemption.