The delayed program today is resulting in companies laying people off at a time when the government is investing in stimulus programs to create jobs in Canada, at a time when the government has committed an awful lot of money over the next 20 years to rebuild the military. We believe, and this is the thesis of our report, that there's a win-win opportunity for Canada to not only re-equip the military but do so in a way that builds both capability and capacity, sustainable capability in this country.
Countries the world over see their defence industrial sector as an engine for innovation, an engine for technology, technological growth. We have a huge opportunity, through the Canada First defence strategy, to take a page out of the book of our competitors and achieve that same win-win situation for Canada. It will be good for the Canadian economy, it will be good for Canada's security, and it will be good for knowledge-based workers across the country.