The definition is still in flux, and billions of dollars are out the door already. Wow. That's incredible. Only under the Liberal government's watch can that happen.
Canada has a long-standing problem whereby public tax money supports research and development, but the intellectual property and commercialization benefits end up outside the country. More than 50% of the intellectual property generated through industry-directed Canadian university research—taxpayer-funded research—is ultimately scooped up by foreign companies.
Is the Liberal government repeating the same mistake in defence procurement by failing to put strong enough terms and conditions on IP ownership and downstream economic value?