I will begin by responding to your statement about the Bloc Québecois election platform. Minister, the Bloc Québecois obviously won't just sit back and do nothing while contracts are being awarded. It won't tell Canadians that the contracts weren't part of its platform and therefore they can be awarded to whomever. I am here to speak up for Quebec and Quebec's aerospace industry.
One would think from listening to you, Minister, that the law of the jungle prevails. That's unacceptable. You're the one paying with the taxpayers' money. You're the one who should be telling the company what it has to do, and that if it doesn't do as you say, you'll go elsewhere. Why shouldn't the law of the jungle also apply to the automobile sector? Do you think that Ontario would just sit back if you were awarding automobile sector contracts and you announced that they would be distributed across Canada, including Quebec, which is very important?
You have always said that an industry's critical mass, or industrial clusters, are very important. They're important for the auto industry and they should be just as important for the aerospace industry. There's a double standard.
I'd like to go back to the 40%. You stated that 60% of the contracts will go to the aerospace industry. What about the other 40%? People have said, as I have, that they are not interested in putting the 40% into Northern spruce and B.C. sockeye salmon. These are aerospace and advanced technology investments. One hundred per cent of the benefits should go to the aerospace industry.