Well, yes, I very much do. Local governments in the United States, state governments in the United States, governments in Europe, governments in China, and governments in Japan understand that when they spend taxpayers' money to create public infrastructure and to buy public goods, they should also think about providing benefits to local producers and local workers. Everybody does it but Canada. The question shouldn't be how are we going to get rid of their prerogatives? The question should be why don't we have the same in place?
On March 23rd, 2010. See this statement in context.