Madam Speaker, I have a question for my colleague, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence. The thrust of his speech dealt with the whole issue of off the shelf. We must be more sensitive to off the shelf purchases.
I realize that some of the prime military manufacturers are not Canadian yet Canada has some of the best component part manufacturers in the aerospace industry. What is the government or the Department of National Defence doing to marry our aerospace component manufacturers with those prime military manufacturers? Is there something that could evolve like the auto pact which we have for the automotive sector?