I'll give you some concrete examples.
In the case of the $10.4‑billion project to replace the CP‑140 Aurora aircraft in Canada, the federal government chose to proceed without a call for tenders and award the contract to Boeing for its American P‑8s rather than to Bombardier, among others.
We had a solution right here, locally, but the Canadian company wasn't even allowed to bid on the contract.
Can this type of decision by the government weaken a country's industrial base and research and development?