Mr. Chair, with regard to the legal opinion he has, no, I have not seen it. I am not a lawyer. If he can send it to my office, I would not mind reading it.
My point about local procurement is the same one generalized. Lower costs help all Canadians. As has been pointed out, we are not going to be importing construction workers from overseas to Humboldt to build a local stadium. Local workers will be used, be they from Humboldt, Leroy, Watson or Saskatoon. Lower costs help all Canadians. They increase productivity, which increases wealth. That is true when it comes to procurement, as it is to anything else.
The example I gave about the county of Franklin, Ohio, refusing Canadian furniture because it wanted to pay more to a local supplier is going to hurt Franklin County and it is going to hurt the furniture dealer in Toronto. That is the sort of thing we are trying to stop, so that Canadian companies can bid around the world and Canadians can gain both on lower costs and greater exports.