I would echo the remarks of my colleague, Ron Kane. ACAN, sole source, build, buy off the shelf—that is not the key issue for us, as I suggested in my remarks. It is important to understand whether there's a strategic objective behind the procurement strategy and whether or not that strategy is going to effectively leverage benefits that meet with Canada's national security interests.
Monsieur Bachand, my remarks may have led you here, and if they did they were intended to. Our interest is to ensure that the opportunities Canada has around the procurement of C-17s, for instance, take advantage of the full depth and breadth of the Boeing company's business units, in support of Canada's defined national security interests. It's certainly not to exclude aerospace—it's a significant and vital industry in our Canadian economy--but rather to suggest at the front end that decision-makers are considering what other assets the country may be looking to attract to Canada.
Boeing is a large player in the strategic border initiative with the Department of Homeland Security. They play a significant role in both marine and land technologies. If there are strategic objectives that either the military or the government has identified that will meet long-term needs, why not encourage Boeing to look across the full spectrum of their business units for such opportunities?