Again, as Minister Freeland was mentioning, there's a lot of engagement already, from our respective ministries, with Canadian companies around the opportunities, going forward, with procurement, particularly those that our departments have jurisdiction over.
The Canada Infrastructure Bank is independent of government, much like the Business Development Bank of Canada or the Export Development Bank of Canada. They have to make their decisions through their boards and CEOs. We are able to give policy direction, as government, and we are laying that out very clearly, that future investments....
I put this all in the same context as.... We look at the 102 projects that CIB has funded, and the lion's share of those are investments in Canadian infrastructure that many Canadian businesses, workers and contractors have benefited from. In recent years, we're talking about tens of billions of dollars in benefits for Canadians on the ground, whether they're the Montreal and Calgary airports that are invested in, or whether it's the broadband in Manitoba, Alberta or here in Ontario. We've seen critical mineral infrastructure in Quebec and Labrador, and many investments across the country, including in the steel industry—Algoma Steel, the retrofit that happened there. We've seen many direct investments by the CIB that are benefiting Canadian workers and businesses. We need to see that continue and, if anything, intensify, and do everything we can so those deals benefit Canadians.