Government Operations committee  That is a good question. We know that in the past few years Canada's automotive industry has become one of the leaders—the top 12 producers—of light-duty vehicles, and Canadian companies are leading the way in developing some of these technologies. In the past few years, manufa

Government Operations committee  Just to further elaborate, we have updated our Treasury Board policies on procurement. We're very explicit in that policy that communications with contractors and suppliers, including debriefs, need to be undertaken in both official languages, or in the official language requeste

Government Operations committee  When we get requests at Treasury Board, they will come in, we will do our due diligence and we will look at the costing that's associated with that project request. We have a centre of expertise on costing that works with the Department of National Defence to look at the costin