Well, there is no question that the policy isn't perfect, but I think the way in which we look at the defence industry.... We don't start from first principles to say, “We want to have a defence industry in this country and therefore we will protect it and we will manage it.” Given that we start from an almost diametrically opposed premise, which is, “Hey, maybe we don't need a defence industry in this country”, ITBs are an essential way in which we bring work to Canadian businesses all along the chain.
In some cases, prime contractors are incentivized to partner with Canadian firms and provide jobs in Canada. I do believe, in the absence of the use of other tools in a far more aggressive manner, that the ITB policy is absolutely essential to ensuring that we get work in Canada where, in some circumstances, foreign prime contractors might not be incentivized to do so.