I'm coming to that. Let me finish my answer.
We believe in the military, and we said that during the election campaign. We are just doing what we told Canadians we would do. We are investing in the Canadian Armed Forces, but at the same time, we are ensuring that every dollar that is invested abroad to purchase equipment or aircraft such as the Boeings or Lockheed Martins will produce a dollar of economic spinoffs here in Canada. Are we giving priority to one region over another? Are we engaging in political interference? No.
Those economic spinoffs will be on merit. Unlike you, I am confident that the aerospace industry in Montreal and Quebec generally will succeed in properly positioning itself. Indeed, I meet regularly with representatives of that industry. In a few weeks time, I will be heading to Paris, at the head of a Canadian mission that includes business people from every region of the country. That mission has three specific goals. We want to ensure that there will be foreign investments in Canada in the aerospace and defence industries. So, we need to ensure that the parent corporations of these companies in Canada can choose Canada for their projects and that our businesses can use their know-how with Lockheed Martin and Boeing in relation to specific procurement contracts. I will be acting as facilitator between Quebec and Canadian companies and those that have won contracts.
I want to ensure that companies here in Canada benefit from this military procurement. And they will benefit, because our policy will be respected. And I want you to know that all major industrialized countries have such a policy. The companies we are awarding contracts to are used to providing economic spinoffs. And there will be positive economic spinoffs for Canada over a long period of time.