Be careful with your answer, because it could get you in trouble.
There are other cities, too, that are looking at transit of this nature.
This is probably off topic a bit, but when we have the three gentlemen here representing the three largest groups in our country, it might worthwhile to pose this question.
We have a lot of competition around the world in terms of who's providing the construction and the methods and who's actually doing the work and getting the contracts. Here in Ottawa we see that it will possibly be a company located in Germany. Some people in our country say that these contracts should have special initiatives that would support Canadian industry.
In your experience, in terms of already negotiating some of these contracts—we have the World Trade Organization, we have NAFTA—some countries give a little edge to their homegrown industries and build certain components into the contracts to ensure their own technology and some of their own innovation will be part of that new construction. Could any of you give a little information to the committee on the parameters under which you have to work in terms of offering a contract to the world? Companies from Spain, Germany, and probably from even China eventually will be competing for these, but we want to support Canadian industries and would like to see them more involved. I don't mean only Bombardier. There are others, too, that are making railway cars.
What parameters restrict better involvement by Canadian companies in competing for these contracts for mass transit?
Mr. McNeil has had the most recent experience, I would think.