The Canadian government currently enjoys incredible purchasing power with respect to fighter aircraft as a result of these major contracts awarded to foreign corporations. As we all know, Canada unfortunately doesn't have the industrial capacity to manufacture fighter aircraft locally.
However, in view of the Canadian government's purchasing power, which is enormous, we should focus more on industrial and technological impacts and try to wring more added value from the corporations now competing for this major contract.
Here in Canada, we have extraordinary research centres, university chairs in aerospace technology and, it goes without saying, a world-class supply chain. So we have all the assets we need to work with these major foreign corporations to generate more industrial and technological impact, by either establishing a centre of excellence in aerospace-related artificial intelligence or I don't know what in aerospace 4.0 and robotics. These major corporations have this know-how and could transfer their knowledge here through these programs.
I see major potential here. We know how to build an aircraft from A to Z. Few nations are capable of building an aircraft or have the industrial capacity to complete all the phases involved in doing so. I think it all comes down to negotiating, and the government has to establish more requirements regarding impacts for Canada.