Madam Speaker, it really is important for the Canadian public to understand just how strongly the aerospace sector is supported through this ITB policy. It really does go directly to the member opposite's question.
The 2020 annual report on the ITB policy clearly indicates that over 360 Canadian small businesses are scaling up through supplier development opportunities and over 220 small businesses are supplying goods and services directly related to procurements. Finally, over 25 Canadian small businesses have expanded their collaborative R and D networks as a result of ITB investments, enhancing their capacity for innovation.
Going forward, our government is committed to ensuring that our men and women in uniform have the tools they need to protect Canadians and that Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises get the opportunities they so richly deserve to help continue building the aerospace sector. We are going to keep doing that through our federal purchasing power. We are committed to—