If a company like a General Dynamics got all the Canadian procurement, it would stand to reason that they would then not be eligible for the U.S. You can't have it both ways.

In a lot of cases, these companies are coming up with ways of saying that as part of their commitment they will give a Canadian firm a contract and at the same time that provides an entry for the Canadian firm to bid on other contracts in other countries or to be part of the general supply chain of this international supplier of military equipment, whatever that might be.

23. Is of the opinion that outsourcing the supply of a service of general interest normally imposes on the authority in question the obligation to assign the service on the basis of a public service contract, following a public tender procedure; notes that the principle of awarding a public service contract should allow the competent authority the opportunity to transfer a public service contract in emergencies; calls on the Commission, together with the Member States and the Parliament, to clarify the relevant criteria in the procu ...[+++]rement directives or in the form of a regulation; in this context, affirms that local authorities should be able to assign service tasks directly to inter-communal companies or similar forms of joint arrangements, or to companies that they own or control, provided that such bodies carry out the essential part of their activities for the controlling authority or authorities, and do not compete on external markets but constitute only a domestic organisational practice and an arrangement must be found which does not categorically exclude private participation from the outset;

To address the broader question of businesses and unions having undue influence over government policy, I submit to you that cleaning up the tendering process for government contracts, where 25% are still sole-sourced according to the Auditor General of Canada; ending corporate welfare subsidies from Industry Canada and its regional development agencies; and eliminating most of the consulting contracts under the direction of CIDA would be the most appropriate remedies to the real problem. Finally, if you want to address public cynicism towards this institution and your vocation, and restore confidence, as it should be done, in the poli ...[+++]tical process, then end the political tax credit regime and shake the yoke of party discipline so that you can do what voters sent you here to do.

The amendment which Parliament intends to introduce in this field consists, essentially, of the following: removing the reference to quantitative limits and, instead, establishing the requirement that, in these cases of agreements with commercial or industrial companies, the other party to the agreement, normally the taker of the collateral of the creditor, should be a financial entity.

Under the "Construction Contract" the Tunnel is to be built and commissioned by a consortium of the following construction and engineering firms operating as Transmanche Link: Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd. Costain Civil Engineering Ltd. Tarmac Construction Ltd. Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd. Wimpey Major Projects Ltd. Bouygues SA Dumez SA Société Auxiliaire d'Entreprises SA Société Générale d'Entreprises SA Spie Batignolles SA The maître d'oeuvre contract provides for various consultancy services to be provid ...[+++]ed by WS.