I think there are two components to that. There is the base funding. The science and research development hub that Montreal consists of.... Frankly, it's highly integrated, not only in the province, but also in the United States. Winnipeg was just mentioned. That portion of it, funding the baseline, the people who can undertake that kind of research and support those industries, is critical. If you look at some of the great hubs like Seattle in the U.S., or Tokyo and Nagoya in Japan, you see that level there.
On the overall level, Canada has to be careful with the capabilities we pick. We were talking about airborne early warning, which is an area where they have done significant work with Saab. They have several programs with the United States Army on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, or ISR. In having or supporting these kinds of contracts, Canada makes it an actual objective to identify these.
I think that is a credible area, but it really requires a careful understanding of the military requirements and whether this is going to be operationally relevant. In the past, we have funded some capabilities, and they didn't turn out nearly as well. The Canadian Armed Forces were the ones who essentially bore the brunt of operating a system that was not effective.
In a lot of these cases, it's not going to be a purely Canadian solution. In Bombardier's case, they are going to provide the aircraft, but the systems integration, the mission system specifically, and some of those capabilities are probably going to be provided by an American company or a foreign company. We don't have the technical knowledge or the IP to do so.
