I believe that the SADI people are aware of the problem and that, on occasion, they have managed to make adjustments that enabled our companies to do it. Then again, if there is a change in management, sometimes the new person does not know what is going on. In that light, the first thing to understand is the imperatives of globalization and the fact that our industry is fully globalized. The program has to recognize that. That is one of the first considerations. Then others have to be able to tailor their conditions to allow those using the program to share intellectual property, or IP, especially if we are talking about less strategic IP. There has to be an openness in that respect. That is my first recommendation.
As I said earlier, the federal government has an amazing opportunity to use government procurement to negotiate agreements with manufacturers—the primes—thereby obtaining IP. That IP will then allow our businesses to do the maintenance for the aircraft purchased. It is not normal that the maintenance is not done by a Canadian company, here in Canada. But to do this, you need to own the IP. We cannot allow other companies from abroad to decide which part of the IP they keep and which part they give to Canada. All too often, those people ask for what is in the best interest of their company. So they keep whatever has the highest added value.