Well, except that this government has told us on a number of occasions that it is not in the business of telling the provinces and municipalities how to spend their money, or indeed how to spend the money the federal government gives them. On a number of occasions we have suggested a federal public transit strategy, for example, and it was rejected on the basis that the federal government is not going to tell the municipalities what to do and how to do it. How a municipality governs itself is up to that municipality, and I would assume it would take the same position.
It also takes the position that competing with foreign firms is something it is in fact seeking. In the comprehensive agreement on trade with Europe, the government seeks to correct the mistakes it made in the free trade agreement with the United States, whereby no competition is permitted from across the border on local or provincial contracting. It will correct that with the agreement with Europe, where European firms will be free to bid on municipal and provincial things, which flies in the face of one of the things you are looking for.
I would say that you have an uphill battle with this government.