I think there are probably a number of reasons that the Canadian government has been reluctant to establish domestic content policies that are in line with other jurisdictions we trade with. In some cases, to us it feels as though we keep this mantle of being the Boy Scout on international trade issues and we're going to stand strong and fast by the doctrines of free and unchecked trade. At the same time, that's absolutely not the process adopted by other countries that are our major trading partners, so it's a bit of a head-scratcher on that front.
I can tell you, too, about the real, direct, and smart use of procurement dollars through the City of Toronto. Jenny mentioned the $1.2-billion light rail contract, but prior to that there was a tender for refurbishing subway cars. With the leadership of the City of Toronto, that also ended up going to a Canadian firm because of the benefits associated with manufacturing in Canada and the return on investment to taxpayers. That seems like a logical argument, but it was those policies that actually saved Canada's last high-tech railcar manufacturing facility.
If we're going to compete on the global scale for both public and private dollars in these projects, we have to take real stock of the strategy that we're going to employ and what industries we want to lead in. If we think we're going to let the market decide, and then may the best player win.... It seems that this approach has failed us so far, so I don't see why we would continue down that path.