This article appeared in the November 2007 of LEXPERT®.

Many international companies, particularly those based in the U.S., are important suppliers to the Canadian Government. As a result of international free trade agreements such as NAFTA and the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement, vendors outside of Canada generally have nondiscriminatoryaccess to a wide range of Canadian Government contracts. Recently, for example, the Canadian Government announced the purchase of four Boeing C-17 Globemaster transport planes, with related in-service support, at a cost of $3.4 billion. More recently, the Government has reportedly decided to award a $4.9 billion contract to Lockheed Martin for the purchase of 17 C-130J cargo aircraft and related support services.

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